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The US Federal Election Commission’s filing system was temporarily taken offline after a reported hacker attack, blocking groups from submitting reports, Reuters says.
Why it mattersReuters cites an email stating the system went down around 10pm ET on Monday. That makes this a concrete computing-security incident with a direct effect on election reporting, though the supplied account gives no further detail about the attackers or how the system was affected. A filing deadline is a poor time for a system to go missing.
Discuss: How should election agencies balance keeping online filing available with taking systems offline when they may be under attack?
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