# FEC electronic filing system back online after multiday outage

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fec-electronic-filing-system-back-online-after-multiday-outage/
- Published: 2026-10-28T21:58:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:41:49+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6179588-fec-filing-system-restored/
- Topics: Americas, Business, Elections, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Electronic campaign finance filing resumed on 28 October after nearly two days offline.
- The outage delayed disclosure of some last-minute donations and spending.
- An attempted breach was reported, but the FEC had not publicly confirmed the cause.

## Summary

The US Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system came back online on Wednesday 28 October, nearly two days after an outage began late on Monday. The system lets campaigns, political parties and political action committees submit reports on donations and spending. Previously filed reports remained searchable during the disruption. When filing resumed, the FEC said it was still working to restore the filing system’s search feature and its notification service.

The interruption came in the final week before the 3 November midterm elections, when some large late contributions must be reported within 48 hours and certain independent spending within 24 hours. That temporarily delayed public disclosure of new filings. Reuters reported that an email described an attempted breach of FEC systems, but the commission had not publicly established the cause of the outage or said whether any data was accessed. The FEC handles campaign finance reporting; it does not administer voting, so the filing outage did not affect how ballots were cast.

## Coverage

- [The Hill: FEC electronic filing system back online after multiday outage](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6179588-fec-filing-system-restored/)
- [Federal Election Commission: Last-minute disclosure periods reminder](https://www.fec.gov/updates/last-minute-disclosure-periods-reminder/)
- [Reuters: Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/cyberattack-concealed-political-spending-by-big-donors-before-us-midterm-elections-ce785cd3db8ff626)

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