Dominion Voting Systems faced severe reputational and financial damage due to baseless conspiracy theories spread by Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies, alleging the company rigged the 2020 U.S. election. While no evidence of fraud was found, the false claims led to widespread public distrust in Dominion’s voting machines, calls for bans on their use, and death threats against election officials. The company filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, which was later settled under confidential terms—adding to prior settlements with Fox News ($787.5 million) and Newsmax ($67 million). The prolonged legal battles, public scrutiny, and erosion of trust in their systems disrupted Dominion’s operations, strained resources, and forced the company to divert focus from core business to crisis management. Though no direct data breach or cyberattack occurred, the financial and reputational harm was substantial, with long-term implications for contracts and public perception in the election technology sector.