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A week before the US midterm elections, the Federal Election Commission’s website was hacked, taking the electronic filing system offline, affecting the submission of 24-hour and 48-hour expenditure reports, but not affecting public voting.
The US Federal Election Commission website was hacked by one or more hackers a week before the November 3 election, disrupting the operation of the US Election Commission’s electronic filing system, according to an email obtained by Reuters.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) said in a statement: “The Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system is currently offline, and our information technology staff is actively working to restore service.” The Federal Election Commission, which tracks spending by candidates and political committees, said users could still search past reports on the website, but declined to comment further on the service outage.
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The Federal Election Commission is not involved in the administration of U.S. elections, and this disruption in website operations should not impact voter turnout. The system outage prevented agencies from submitting 24-hour and 48-hour expenditure reports to the Election Commission, which show how much political groups and other organizations spend on specific campaigns.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in 26 years,” said Steven Mele, partner at MBA Consulting Group, a political finance compliance consulting firm. “The result is that until the system is fixed, there will be less disclosure of election information,” he said.
A status message issued by the Federal Election Commission said that the electronic filing system has been disrupted since 10 p.m. Eastern Time on the 25th. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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The Federal Election Commission’s website is suspected to have been attacked by one or more hackers, taking the electronic filing system offline, according to emails obtained by Reuters. The commission said technicians are working urgently to restore service.
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Will not done. The Federal Election Commission is not responsible for election administration, so a website failure will not affect voter turnout. However, political groups and institutions will be hindered from submitting expenditure reports, and disclosure of information may be reduced as a result.
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The system outage prevented agencies from submitting 24-hour and 48-hour spending reports, documents that show how much political groups spend on specific campaigns. Experts believe there will be little public information before restoration.
