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Cyberattacks Disrupt US Election Funding Transparency Ahead of Midterm Elections

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Cyberattacks Disrupt US Election Funding Transparency Ahead of Midterm Elections

US campaign finance watchdog faces cyberattack ahead of mid-term elections

Firstpost

US campaign finance watchdog faces cyberattack ahead of mid-term elections

With the US mid-term elections approaching, a cyber incident has disrupted a crucial federal system responsible for tracking political money. Although voters are not expected to face any immediate...

Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections

Reuters

Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections

The Federal Election Commission restored its electronic filing system ​Wednesday night after taking it offline for nearly 41 hours to contain a cyberattack, which temporarily concealed spending...

FEC electronic filing system back online after multiday outage

The Hill

FEC electronic filing system back online after multiday outage

The Federal Election Commission's (FEC) electronic filing system was restored and online Wednesday afternoon, nearly two days after the system initially went down with little explanation. In a...

Silicon UK

US Election Funding Disclosures Halted Amid ‘Hack Attempt’

US Federal Election Commission reportedly tells campaign compliance groups it disabled disclosure service amid 'bad actor' breach efforts

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