# FEC Responds to Filing System Cyberattack

Beginning October 26, 2026, a suspected cyber intrusion forced the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to take its electronic filing system and web-facing services offline, disrupting political committees’ time-sensitive 24- and 48-hour campaign-spending disclosures ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. As of October 28, the FEC said it had identified the problem and was implementing a fix; resolution had not been reported. Previously submitted reports remained searchable, and no impact to voting systems or election results was publicly confirmed. The signals identify no solicitation, award, funding, or procurement contact, so the incident is an operational and cybersecurity risk signal—not a confirmed contract opportunity.

- Federal contractors supporting public-facing reporting systems may find the incident relevant to cybersecurity, incident response, and continuity-of-operations capabilities, but there is no announced FEC requirement to pursue.
- Procurement and program teams responsible for similar systems can use the disruption as a reminder to assess service continuity and access to time-sensitive data; the signals do not describe any specific FEC remediation requirements or timeline.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 28, 2026

### Government Entities
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

### Key Quotes
> In the last days of the election, this is the only way for us to keep track of where the money's being spent
> — Brendan Glavin, Research Director

> The result is there will be less disclosure on the elections
> — Steven Mele, Partner at MBA Consulting Group

### Sources
- [Federal Election Commission Hit by Hacking Attempts](https://wabcradio.com/2026/10/27/federal-election-commission-hit-by-hacking-attempts) - 77 WABC
- [Hackers target US election watchdog's filing system…](https://www.inkl.com/news/hackers-target-us-election-watchdogs-filing-system-days-before-midterm-polls) - inkl
- [Hackers target FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hackers-target-fec-system-disrupting-campaign-finance-disclosures-rcna606029) - NBC News