The U.S. military’s top cyber official said Russia launched a ‘concerted effort’ in 2018 to meddle with the U.S.’s midterm elections and was successfully fought off. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, wrote in Foreign Affairs Tuesday that Cyber Command and the NSA teamed … Read more
Hong Kong has delayed its highly-anticipated legislative elections by a year as fury grows among local activists over the sweeping security law imposed by Beijing. Carrie Lam, leader of the pro-Beijing government, announced the decision today, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese-ruled city. China also backed the postponement, claiming it was ‘very necessary, … Read more
Twitter has come under fire for a security breach which allowed hackers to hijack the accounts of billionaires and powerful politicians – amid fears they could have played havoc with the stock market, messed with elections, or even tried to start a war. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were all among … Read more
Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss to socialist alliance with eco warriors Alliance between eco candidates and left-wingers proved dominant tonight Among them was Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo who won another six year term Macron’s candidate for the mayoralty had just a 16 percent share of … Read more
Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte arrive to vote in local elections as French president’s party faces mid-term wipeout in major cities President Macron and wife Brigitte cast their vote in Le Touquet, France, today Macron’s party faces prospect of not winning a single big city in local elections French voters are expected to be drawn … Read more
Facebook has today insisted it will not block or censor Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential Election but has instead promised to increase its transparency, while launching a new ‘Voting Information Center’. Writing in the Daily Telegraph today, former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the best way for those who do not like … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK RAKE’S PROGRESS By Rachel Johnson (Simon & Schuster £16.99, 272pp) Unless you have been on a mission to the outer reaches of the galaxy, you might have noticed an awful lot of Rachel Johnson around recently. Photographed in a magazine, her burnished cheekbones sharp enough to take out the blades on … Read more
May’s local elections are postponed for a YEAR – leaving councillors and mayors including London’s Sadiq Khan in office for an extra 12 months May 7 vote has been postponed to the same time next year Labour had joined Electoral Commission in recommending a delay There were fears that local councils would struggle to run … Read more
Local elections – including for the mayor of London – ‘should be POSTPONED from May until autumn over coronavirus fears to protect the public and staff at polling stations’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:46 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 16:51 GMT, 12 March 2020 Local elections due to take place … Read more
West Virginia has announced it will not be using the voting app Voatz app after researchers found it is ‘riddled with vulnerabilities’. The US state employed the technology in 2018 to troops oversease and was also set to implement it in the upcoming primary elections for residents with disabilities However, the flaws, uncovered earlier this … Read more