FEC says "bad actor" tried to breach its systems days before midterms
The Federal Election Commission said in an email that a "bad actor" tried to breach its systems, and CNBC reports its campaign finance system is offline.
An email from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) said a "bad actor" tried to breach its systems, Al Jazeera reports. The attempt came days before the U.S. midterm elections.
CNBC reports the FEC's campaign finance system is offline after hackers reportedly targeted the site. The reports do not say whether the breach attempt succeeded or whether it caused the outage.
CNBC also cited AdImpact, which says political ad spending and reservations for the 2026 cycle have topped $11.2 billion. Al Jazeera describes the elections as the most expensive in U.S. history.
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- Al JazeeraHackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm electionsWed, Oct 28, 7:47 AM EDT
- CNBCFEC campaign finance system offline days before midterms after hackers reportedly target siteWed, Oct 28, 8:44 AM EDT
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