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FEC Takes Electronic Filing System Offline After Attempted Breach Days Before Midterms

The Federal Election Commission shut down its electronic filing system after a bad actor attempted to breach its systems, disrupting campaign spending disclosures before the November midterms.

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  • The Federal Election Commission's electronic filing system was taken offline after an attempted breach of its systems.
  • An FEC electronic filings officer told campaign compliance firms that a bad actor was attempting to breach FEC systems, according to an email obtained by Reuters.
  • The outage blocks political organizations from filing required 24-hour and 48-hour spending reports.
  • The FEC said its IT staff are actively working to restore service and that the public can still search previously filed reports.
  • The FEC has not disclosed who was behind the attempted intrusion or whether any data was compromised.
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Says hackers knocked FEC offline before midterms

The Daily Caller: Hackers Knocked Federal Election Commission Offline, Emails Show

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Right-leaning outlets report that hackers targeted the FEC's systems days before the midterms, disrupting electronic campaign finance filings while stressing that public access to past reports remains available.

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Says bad actor forced FEC filing shutdown

The Gateway Pundit: Hackers Try to Breach Federal Election Commission Systems Just Days Before Midterms, Filing System Taken Offline

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Far-right outlets highlight an FEC email warning of a bad actor attempting to breach its systems, which led to a temporary shutdown of web-facing services just days before the midterms.

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