Social Justice Why the Government Needs to Improve Its Messaging Around Election Security The breach of two Florida election systems during the 2016 elections are a lesson in how not to handle election interference by foreign governments. Jessica Brandt
News in Brief Did a Teenage Hacker Really Infiltrate an Election Website? Despite the panic-inspiring headlines, it appears that the claims of a hacking event organizers overstated the feats of their teen pupils in disrupting our election systems. Lilia Chang
News in Brief Sixty Percent of Americans Believe Russia Interfered in the 2016 Election New polling shows that the majority of Americans now believe Russia interfered in the last presidential election. Francie Diep
News in Brief A Voting-Machine Manufacturer Installed Remote-Access Software Election Systems and Software admitted to installing remote-access software on election management systems sold between 2000 and 2006. Kate Wheeling
Social Justice Mr. Robot Is Not Your Socialist Hero Can any show with an extraordinary hero advance egalitarian politics? Noah Berlatsky
News in Brief Hackers Gain Access to 143 Million Americans’ Information The breach reportedly includes Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, home addresses, and driver's license numbers. Jack Denton
News in Brief Disney Will Not Pay Hackers, CEO Says Disney CEO Bob Iger says his company will not pay the hackers' demanded ransom. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief These Four Charts Show the Sorry State of Cybersecurity Cyber attacks are ramping up, and we're not ready for it. Nick Hagar
News in Brief Widespread Cyber Attacks Hit England and Spain The attacks in the two countries appear to be the same type of malware. Nick Hagar
News in Brief What’s Wrong With America’s Current Approach to Cybersecurity? It’s almost impossible these days to avoid media coverage of Russia’s role in hacking the 2016 election. So… Gregory Michaelidis