U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of current and former officials to steal sensitive data. The Department of Justice (DoJ) accused Masoud Jalili, 36, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, 34, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi, 37, of participating … [Read more...] about U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes
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OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. "This week we identified and took down a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were generating content for a covert Iranian influence operation … [Read more...] about OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
Election Security: A conversation with Matt Olney from Cisco Talos
Next week we will publish our third annual “Defending Against Critical Threats” report; a roundup of some the most impactful cyber attacks from the past 12 months. Included in the publication are articles about how cyber criminals sought to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also cover Big Game Hunting attacks, whereby cyber criminals seek to … [Read more...] about Election Security: A conversation with Matt Olney from Cisco Talos
Vote of Confidence: Securing the 2020 Election
Trust in election results begins with faith in our election systems Snail mail in the spotlight Absentee ballots, also called voting by mail, is a hot topic. The pandemic is forcing everyone to re-think what they’ll do this year. Many states expanded mail-in voting and, according to the Washington Post, up to 77% of Americans can now vote by mail. The numbers are … [Read more...] about Vote of Confidence: Securing the 2020 Election
Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software
Fair elections are the lifelines of democracy, but in recent years election hacking has become a hot topic worldwide.Whether it's American voting machines during the 2016 presidential election or India's EVMs during 2014 general elections, the integrity, transparency, and security of electronic voting machines remained questionable, leaving a wound in the minds of many that is … [Read more...] about Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software