FEC: Campaigns Can Use Discounted Cybersecurity Services
Summary: The U.S. Federal Election Commission issued an advisory opinion allowing political campaigns to accept discounted cybersecurity services from companies without violating campaign finance law, provided those companies already offer the same discounts to similarly situated non-political clients such as small nonprofits. The ruling responded to a petition by California-based Area 1 Security, which offers free and low-cost phishing detection services capped at $1,337, after several campaigns expressed hesitation about accepting such help under existing rules.
What you should know: Federal authorities warned that the Russian phishing attacks, voter database probing, and disinformation campaigns of 2016 and 2018 were a dry run for 2020, and FBI Director Christopher Wray called the earlier meddling a dress rehearsal for the big show - while former FEC general counsel Adav Noti said the commission is incredibly unsuited to the danger the system is facing.
Read the original at Krebs on Security ↗
- Topics
- Data Breaches
- Related
- TSMC employee data breach linked to cloud provider Cyber Risks · Nov 15, 2026Data Breach at La Poste Subsidiary Maileva Affects 22 Million People in France Cyber Risks · Nov 15, 2026City of Osaka warns of data breach impacting 1 million as Japan reels from dozens of cyber incidents Cyber Risks · Nov 13, 2026