Hackers Try to Breach Federal Election Commission Systems Just Days Before Midterms, Filing System Taken Offline
The Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system went offline after a hacker or hackers attempted to breach the agency’s systems, disrupting mandatory campaign finance disclosures one week before the November 3 midterm elections. In an email obtained by Reuters, an FEC electronic filings officer wrote to campaign compliance firms on Monday night that “We have a bad actor attempting to breach FEC systems. As a