FEC filing system offline after hack, obscuring crypto PAC spending before 2026 midterms

The US Federal Election Commission filing system is offline following a reported hack, potentially obscuring last-minute expenditures by crypto-aligned super PACs before the 2026 midterm elections. As of Tuesday, the FEC said it was working to resolve the outage, though existing campaign finance data remains publicly viewable. Before the outage, Fairshake had reported over $56 million in spending to oppose Senator Sherrod Brown and support Republican Bernie Moreno, while Digital Freedom Fund disclosed more than $7 million for the same race. With just six days until Election Day, no new expenditures from Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, Protect Progress, Fellowship and Digital Freedom Fund had been filed since Sunday, raising concerns that final-day crypto PAC spending may go unreported.