The U.S. Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) electronic filing system was taken offline following an attempted cyber breach, just a week before the midterm elections.
The outage disrupted the submission of key campaign spending reports as super PACs and dark money groups poured record sums into election advertising. According to AdImpact, political advertising spending and future reservations have reached $11.21 billion, surpassing the previous record set during the 2024 elections.
The disruption does not affect voters’ ability to cast their ballots but has temporarily limited transparency over campaign spending in the final days before the elections.
