{
  "id": 16892072,
  "title": "Email: a hacker attack forced the FEC to temporarily take its filing system offline around 10pm ET on Monday, blocking groups from submitting reports (Dawn Kopecki/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/email-a-hacker-attack-forced-the-fec-to-temporarily-take-its-filing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:05:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/hacker-trying-breach-us-federal-election-commission-system-email-shows-2026-10-27/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Federal Election Commission's website was targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email seen by Reuters …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}