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  "id": 16901636,
  "title": "FEC campaign finance system offline days before midterms after hackers reportedly target site",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/fec-campaign-finance-system-offline-days-before-midterms-after-16901636",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T13:20:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC World",
    "slug": "cnbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/28/fec-hack-outage-campaign-finance-filings.html"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Total political ad spending and reservations for the 2026 cycle has topped $11.2 billion, according to AdImpact.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Exclusive-Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/exclusive-hackers-target-us-fec-system-disrupting-campaign-finance",
        "published": "2026-10-27T18:44:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Hackers target U.S. FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures before midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/hackers-target-u-s-fec-system-disrupting-campaign-finance-disclosures",
        "published": "2026-10-28T01:31:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/hackers-target-us-fec-system-disrupting-campaign-finance-disclosures",
        "published": "2026-10-28T03:50:21.000Z"
      }
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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."
}