Federal Election Commission Offline After Hacking Attempt: Report
Summary
The Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system went offline after reported hacking attempts, disrupting campaign-finance filings shortly before the November 3 midterm elections. The FEC said its IT staff were working to restore service; it had not publicly confirmed a successful breach or access to data.Key Facts
- The filing system had been unavailable since about 10 p.m. ET Monday, according to the FEC website.
- The FEC said its IT staff were working to restore the system on Tuesday.
- The FEC’s search tool for previously filed reports remained available.
- Reuters reported that political groups could not electronically submit certain 24-hour and 48-hour spending reports during the outage.
- The FEC had not publicly identified who was responsible or said whether anyone accessed its systems or information.
- The outage affected campaign-finance disclosures, not voting operations, ballot counting, or voters’ ability to cast ballots.
- The FEC administers and enforces federal campaign-finance law and collects disclosures from candidates, parties, and political committees.
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