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Coverage dated October 27, 2026 to October 29, 2026

Federal Election Commission Offline After Hacking Attempt: Report

Headline from Newsweek

The FEC confirmed that its electronic filing system remained offline Tuesday but did not give details about the reported attack.

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  1. Forbes

    Federal Election Commission Takes Down Filings Website After Reported Hacking Attempt (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The agency took its electronic filings system down on Tuesday to deal with the reported hacking attempt.

  2. Newsweek

    Federal Election Commission Offline After Hacking Attempt: Report (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The FEC confirmed that its electronic filing system remained offline Tuesday but did not give details about the reported attack.

  3. Legitgov

    Hackers target U.S. Federal Election Commission system days before midterms (opens Legitgov)

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    Legitgov's feed description

    Hackers target U.S. Federal Election Commission system days before midterms | 27 Oct 2026 | The US Federal Election Commission’s website has been targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email seen by Reuters, disrupting the agency’s electronic filings system a week before the November 3 ele…

  4. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Hackers target FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    The Federal Election Commission’s website has been targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email seen by Reuters, disrupting the agency’s electronic filings system a week before the November 3 elections.

  5. Gizmodo

    Hackers Target U.S. Federal Election Commission Website (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    This is going to be very bad for transparency.

  6. NOTUS

    Federal Election Commission Outage Hits One Week Out From Election Day (opens NOTUS)

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    NOTUS's feed description

    A hacker has reportedly targeted the campaign finance agency’s databases.

  7. Townhall

    Federal Election Commission Targeted in Cyberattack One Week Before Midterms (opens Townhall)

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  8. The Daily Caller

    Hackers Knocked Federal Election Commission Offline, Emails Show (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Hackers Knocked Federal Election Commission Offline, Emails Show

  9. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    NEW YORK — The U.S. Federal Election Commission’s website has been targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email seen by Reuters, disrupting the agency’s electronic filings system a week before the November 3 elections.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Hackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm elections (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    An FEC email said a 'bad actor' tried to breach its systems as the US prepares for its most expensive elections ever.

  11. Conservative Daily News

    Hackers Force FEC to Shut Down Campaign Filing System a Week Before Midterms (opens Conservative Daily News)

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    Conservative Daily News's feed description

    by Rich Mitchell at CDN - An attempted breach knocked the Federal Election Commission's electronic filing system offline, blocking last-minute spending reports as super PACs pour record sums into the races.

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