Hackers attempt to breach US campaign finance system before midterms
The short version
- The Federal Election Commission experienced an outage in its electronic filing system on Tuesday.
- The outage occurred one week before the midterm elections.
- The FEC reported that a 'bad actor' attempted to breach its systems.
- Cybersecurity staff were investigating the incident and took affected systems offline.
- The disruption affected candidates and political action committees filing finance reports.
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First reported by The Hill FEC electronic filing system hit with hours-long outage
Washington Examiner FEC faces website filing system outages the week before midterm elections
The Straits Times Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms
Al Jazeera English Hackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm elections
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- The Hill, centreFEC electronic filing system back online after multi-day outage
- The Daily Wire, right-leaningHackers Strike At Heart Of Campaign Finance System Days Before Midterms
- Al Jazeera English, left-leaningHackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm elections
- The Straits Times, centreHackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms
- Washington Examiner, right-leaningFEC faces website filing system outages the week before midterm elections
- The Hill, centreFEC electronic filing system hit with hours-long outage