Overview
- The Federal Election Commission says its electronic filing system is offline and that agency IT staff are actively working to restore service.
- An email reviewed by news organizations indicated the site was targeted by a hacker or hackers, though formal attribution and the scope of the disruption remain unconfirmed.
- Users can still search past campaign finance reports on the FEC website, but organizations cannot submit required 24-hour and 48-hour filings through the system.
- Federal cybersecurity and law enforcement bodies contacted for comment have not yet issued public statements, leaving forensic assessment and guidance pending.
- Compliance experts warned the outage will lessen near-term disclosure of late-stage political spending and that investigators will need to determine whether any data integrity or theft occurred.