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Why a surge of election-related websites could spell rising cyber threats for the midterms
Check Point, a cyber security company, found that in January of this year, approximately 1,300 newly registered domains contained the keyword "election," and approximately 2,957 contained "vote."
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, Why a surge of election-related websites could spell rising cyber threats for the midterms, Check Point, a cyber security company, found that in January of this year, approximately 1,300 newly registered domains contained the keyword “election,” and approximately 2,957 contained “vote.”
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- Why a surge of election-related websites could spell rising cyber threats for the midtermsPBS News - 2026-06-01T09:55:32+00:00
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