FEC filing system offline after hack
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The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing system went offline following a reported hack. As of October 29, 2026, the FEC is working to restore the system, though existing campaign finance data remains publicly accessible. The outage may obscure super PAC spending before the midterms, as these committees must report aggregate expenditures over $1,000 within 24 hours, potentially preventing timely disclosure of last-minute spending.
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- 1Company disclosure statementOct 28, 00:00recorded Oct 29, 01:36single sourcerevised
FEC filing system offline after hack
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- Federal Election Commission
- Action：
- electronic filing system outage
- Object：
- campaign finance data reporting
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 28, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 29, 01:05
- First seen (known side)：
- Oct 29, 01:36
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- CointelegraphRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedFEC filing system offline after hack, obscuring crypto PAC spending before 2026 midterms
Report first recorded Oct 29, 01:36
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.
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