Someone Tried To Hack The Federal Election Commission Website

Voters wait in line at a polling place located inside a shopping mall, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has taken some of its servers offline as it addresses recent “hacking attempts” to its website, according to a statement it gave Roll Call on Monday. The FEC’s website provides the public with access to federal campaign finance records. 

“As a result of recent hacking attempts on the FEC website, the FEC has taken servers that may have been affected offline and replaced them with less powerful backup servers. As a consequence, users may experience slowness and intermittent availability,” the FEC said.

According to Roll Call, the FEC’s website has had various problems since August. 

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