Catch up quick

@ D.C.

🗳️ A top CISA official pushed back against Elon Musk's call for the elimination of electronic voting machines. (Nextgov)

📲 TikTok is arguing in new court filings that the new divestiture law isn't "viable" because of the complexity of a possible sale. (Axios Pro)

👀 Election workers are facing unprecedented physical threats and harassment, creating a far greater threat to U.S. elections than malicious hackers and AI deepfakes. (CyberScoop)

@ Industry

🇨🇳 Tech companies are stepping up their security screening processes for employees and job candidates to counteract the growing Chinese espionage threat. (Financial Times)

💰 Semperis, a cybersecurity startup focused on protecting Microsoft's Active Directory, raised a $125 million funding round from J.P. Morgan and Hercules Capital. (TechCrunch)

@ Hackers and hacks

🏥 The Qilin ransomware gang behind a ransomware attack on Synnovis, a blood testing provider for several London hospitals, has published almost 400 gigabytes of stolen sensitive information. (BBC)

🖥️ AMD, the second-largest maker of PC processors, says hackers stole a limited amount of information during a recent cyberattack. (Bloomberg)

👨🏻‍💻 A hacker appears to have leaked data about 33,000 current and former Accenture employees after breaking into a third-party vendor. (HackRead)