Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections

"Cyber Attack Detected" phrase and PHP code appears in this illustration taken October 22, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The Federal Election ⁠Commission restored its electronic filing system Wednesday night after taking it offline for nearly 41 hours to contain a cyberattack, which temporarily concealed ⁠spending from big donors as political donations ramp up in the final days of the midterms.

Campaign watchdogs sounded alarms as the ‌outage dragged into its third evening. Super PACs and other groups could not file mandatory 24- and 48-hour reports that show how much money they are spending to help or hurt candidates at the polls, shrouding the most recent political spending from public view.

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这张摄于2026年10月22日的插图显示了“检测到网络攻击”字样和PHP代码。路透社/Dado Ruvic/插图

纽约，10 月 28 日（路透社）——联邦选举委员会周三晚间恢复了其电子申报系统。此前，该系统因网络攻击而离线近 41 小时，导致大额捐款人的支出暂时被掩盖，而此时正值中期选举的最后几天，政治捐款正在激增。

随着系统故障持续到第三个晚上，竞选监督机构发出警报。超级政治行动委员会和其他团体无法提交强制性的24小时和48小时报告，这些报告本应披露他们为支持或反对候选人而花费了多少资金，导致最新的政治支出情况无法公开。

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