Election interference

Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil presidential vote, will face Lula in runoff

The election, which centered around the cost of living, corruption and insecurity in Brazilians' daily lives, follows a string of wins across Latin America by right-wing parties.

Brazilian President and Workers' Party (PT) candidate for re-election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva prepares to vote in the general election in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, October 4, 2026.
DESPITE HUGE advances in technology, Israeli voters still mark a physical paper ballot and place it in a ballot box. From there, the CEC builds multiple layers of verification around that slip of paper.

AI, fraud, and cyberattacks: What security threats face Israel’s 2026 election?

MK Amit Halevi attends a meeting of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, May 26, 2026.

Iran, Turkey seeking regime change in Israel via foreign interference, Likud MK tells 'Post'

People vote at a polling location at the Metro Headquarters Building during California's state primary election in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2026.

Thousands of non-citizens register, hundreds vote in New Jersey elections due to software error


Russian group disguised as right-wing news site to target US voters

NAEBC and its activity, which have not been previously reported, now show that Russian attempts to influence US voters ahead of the 2020 election have targeted both sides of the political divide.

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, April 19, 2016

Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm – sources

SKDK Vice Chair Hilary Rosen declined to comment. A Biden spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is joined on stage by her running-mate, U.S Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, after she accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Cen

Russia set up fake liberal network to help Trump win election - NYT

The White House has sought to control the flow of information concerning foreign threats to the election in recent weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018

Facebook to halt new political ads just before US election

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post announcing the changes that he was concerned about the unique challenges voters would face due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats in US

Pompeo also said the State Department had written recently to the governing boards of US universities alerting them to threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

US state election officials say little evidence of absentee ballot fraud

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that a rise in mail-in voting will lead to a rise in fraud, though he has expressed more openness to absentee voting.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Iranians, Russians receive text messages seeking US election hacking info

Russian media reported that Russian citizens also received similar messages on Thursday.

A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017

Papers leaked before UK election in suspected Russian operation hacked

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a law enforcement investigation is underway, said the hackers accessed the account multiple times between July 12 and Oct. 21 last year.

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UK government says no evidence of successful Russian meddling in Brexit vote

It said there were open source indications that Russia sought to influence the Brexit campaign but that the British government had not sought deep evidence of meddling.

British House of Commons in London.

Top Democrats say US Congress appears to be election interference target

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday said he would "treat foreign interference in our election as an adversarial act" if elected to the White House.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hold a news conference with fellow congressional Democrats to demand that the U.S. Senate vote on the House-passed "Bipartisan Background Checks Act" passed by the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in W