Eric Geller
POLITICO
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Arizona court rejects GOP suit to extend hours in state's largest county
There have been a handful of jurisdictions across the country that have already seen their hours extended Tuesday. → Read More
Biden admin set to warn about threats to nation’s election infrastructure
A bulletin is slated to be issued this week. The DOJ is also set to make a high profile address, though it is unclear if the two are related. → Read More
Ukraine prepares to remove data from Russia’s reach
Multiple backups and centralized databases are key to Ukrainian cyber contingency plans. → Read More
6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day
Hacking threats and disinformation fears loom large as voters head to the polls. → Read More
Cyberattack on food supply followed years of warnings
Virtually no mandatory cybersecurity rules govern the millions of food and agriculture businesses that account for about a fifth of the U.S. economy. And now, the risk has become real. → Read More
Biden orders federal cyber upgrade after barrage of hacks
The far-reaching directive is an attempt to close longstanding gaps in the government’s ability to block and investigate hacks. → Read More
Colonial Pipeline eyes restart this week after cyberattack
The pipeline company said it was restarting operations slowly “in a phased approach” for the 5,500-mile pipeline that delivers nearly half of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the East Coast. → Read More
U.S. indicts North Koreans in wave of global cyberattacks
Prosecutors say they were behind the 2014 Sony hack, the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack, and a range of digital bank heists. → Read More
Biden confronts a budget office broken by Trump
Before Biden can tackle the pandemic, he must first rebuild the federal agency that is the nerve center of the White House. → Read More
MAGA media looks to turn White House briefing room into a battlefield
Some Trump loving members of the press corps are eager to get access to the Biden White House. → Read More
Cyber agency rebuffed DHS request for businesses’ data
The latest source of friction between DHS and CISA involved information related to the massive SolarWinds hacking campaign, a person familiar with the request told POLITICO. → Read More
Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs
Weary election workers are preparing for the races on strained resources, two months after Joe Biden's narrow Georgia win. → Read More
The Big Hack: What we know, what we don’t
With help from Renuka Rayasam and Myah Ward BREACH — The story of the massive hacking campaign embroiling the federal government just keeps getting worse. Today, new evidence emerged of a wider range of victims, lawmakers stepped up their demands for answers and President-elect Joe Biden used the crisis to draw a contrast between himself and President Donald Trump. The Department of Energy has… → Read More
'Massively disruptive' cyber crisis engulfs multiple agencies
The hacks also placed new pressure on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has been without a permanent leader since November. → Read More
The 6 key races you haven’t heard of that may help decide how we secure our elections
The secretaries of state on the ballot in November are using election security to make their case as voters increase scrutiny of their work. → Read More
Massive hack roils Twitter after seizing accounts of Obama, Biden and others
The Bitcoin-related scam, which Twitter blamed on a "coordinated" attack, showed the vulnerability of a service that has become a crucial forum for celebrities and powerful figures. → Read More
Tensions flare as U.S. signals broader crackdown on Chinese telecoms
A senior Justice Department official's comments point the way toward more revoked licenses. → Read More
Trump intensifies war with Democrats over voting laws
The GOP has doubled its budget to fight Democratic lawsuits to $20 million. → Read More
Los Angeles County’s risky voting experiment
The nation's most populous county is debuting new voting technology that has drawn scrutiny. → Read More
Super Tuesday brings a supersized election security challenge
Voters will cast ballots on old, insecure and paperless devices in some of the biggest counties in the U.S. → Read More