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Federal Election Commission electronic filing cyber incident

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The FEC shut electronic filing services amid an attempted intrusion Oct. 26, 2026. Filing submissions returned Oct. 28, and the official incident record was marked resolved Oct. 30. Recovery of every related search and notification function, backlog clearance and successful attacker access remain unestablished.

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