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Election Assistance Commission loses another key staffer, Jerome Lovato WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 09: (L-R) Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice Liz Howard, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center Matt Blaze, endowed professor and chair of the University of Florida Juan Gilbert, president of the North Carolina NAACP T. Anthony Spearman, Commissioner of Election Assistance Commission Don Palmer, and county clerk and recorder of Christian County, Illinois, Michael Gianasi are sworn in during a hearing before the House Administration Committee January 9, 2020 on Capitol Hill in ...

States are already seeking to make improvements for 2022.

US charges alleged North Korean hackers with trying to steal $1.3 billion in cybercrime spree (Getty Images) Feb 17, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Wednesday charging three North Korean computer programmers with a criminal conspiracy to steal and extort $1.3 billion from financial institutions and companies in both cryptocurrency and cash. The charges expand on the first case brought in 2018 against a North Korean regime-affiliated hacker tied to some of the nation’s most prominent alleged hacking campaigns, including the 2014 Sony attack, the ...

Federal election agency adopts updated voting security standards. Not everyone is happy. Color image of some people voting in some polling booths at a voting station. Getty Images Share Feb 10, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP The Election Assistance Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt the first comprehensive update to its voting system security guidelines in more than 15 years, concluding a lengthy process that ended with a mixed reception from some election security experts. The security community largely greeted the update as a security upgrade to standards that most states rely u...

Facebook, TikTok, Twitter go after 'OGUsers' members who traffic hacked accounts (Pixabay) Feb 4, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Facebook, TikTok and Twitter coordinated to banish hundreds of accounts on Thursday allegedly linked to OGUsers, a marketplace for hacked usernames that can fetch tens of thousands of dollars. Buyers use the simple, short usernames — such as @food — to obtain clout or make money. Facebook said it has cracked down on accounts affiliated with OGUsers before, but it is making its enforcement public in a bid to deter those who would harass or hack legitimate...