Hackers Target U.S. Federal Election Commission Website

Hackers have targeted the U.S. Federal Election Commission's website, and its electronic filing system has been offline since Monday night. The outage may delay donor disclosure reports from political groups, but it does not affect vote tallies in the Nov. 3 midterms, which are run by the states.

• FEC's electronic filing system returns a 504 Gateway Time-out error
• The outage began Monday around 10:15 p.m. ET
• FEC IT staff are working to restore service; no timeline given
• Ad spending in the 2026 cycle has reached $11.21 billion