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CyberWire Daily·Oct 19, 2026·24m·Episode #2659

The ballot box meets the bot.

Show notes

State election officials question CISA’s commitment to election security. Stolen credentials force ConnectWise to suspend cloud services. Fake calendar invites steal Microsoft logins. Temu settles Texas privacy allegations. Toronto police arrest seven in a cryptocurrency kidnapping case. The G7 sounds the alarm on quantum threats. Monday business briefing. Ben Yelin, sits down with Kevin Tian, CEO and Co-Founder of Doppel, to share how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations. MapQuest puts surveillance on the map. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies, and co-host of Caveat sits down with Kevin Tian, CEO and Co-Founder of Doppel, sharing how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations and why the team is expanding its investment in social engineering defense.

Selected Reading

This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump. (ProPublica)

FBI and CISA Warn of AI-Written Phishing Before the 2026 Midterms (Technology.org)

Attackers Abuse Stolen ConnectWise Application Credentials to Target Microsoft 365 (SecurityAffairs)

Fake Calendar Invites Target 40,000 Firms in Microsoft Credential Theft (Hackread)

Chinese online retailer Temu agrees to data privacy curbs to settle Texas lawsuit (Reuters)

Toronto Police Arrest Seven Men, Seize More Than 2,700 Rounds of Ammunition Following Violent Abduction Investigation (Toronto Police Service)

G7 Urges Fast-Track on Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Rules (Infosecurity Magazine)

Harmonic Security secures $50 million in a Series B round. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

MapQuest now lets you locate nearby surveillance cameras, like Flock (This Week in Security)

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