Hackers disrupt US FEC website days before midterm elections
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Al Jazeera reports hackers targeted the Federal Election Commission website, temporarily suspending campaign-finance disclosure services just days before the midterm elections on November 3.
Hackers have reportedly targeted the US Federal Election Commission website, disrupting campaign financing disclosures just days before the midterm elections on November 3, Al Jazeera reported, citing Reuters. [1]
An FEC email to a campaign compliance firm said a bad actor was trying to breach FEC systems and that web-facing services had been temporarily suspended, according to Reuters as reported by Al Jazeera. The outage prevents organisations from filing the FEC’s 24 and 48-hour spending reports. [1]
An FEC status update on Tuesday said the issue had been identified and a fix was being implemented. Democratic FEC Commissioner Dara Lindenbaum said the disruption does not involve voter files or voter registration, which states maintain. AdImpact put midterm advertising and reservation spending at roughly $11.21bn so far. [1]
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