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has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"53.973667841592\"><body readability=\"109.76601276294\"><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity threats to the 2026 midterm elections are targeting the accounts and platforms that campaigns, donors and voters use to communicate, according to a security report released Monday by Check Point Software Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>So far in this election cycle, threats are not aimed at voting machines or ballot-counting systems. Instead, threat actors are going after the email accounts, websites and fundraising platforms that election organizations depend on.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Fuchs, a campaign manager for Check Point, told CyberScoop that the report\u2019s core findings reflect a broader trend in cybersecurity: Bad actors are using <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence-ai\/\">AI<\/a> to make their attacks larger and more effective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe barrier to entry is lower and the quality is so much higher than it was three years ago, 10 years ago, that everything is going to look more realistic and it\u2019s going to be more effective at accomplishing whatever goals [attackers] have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Email remains the easiest way for hackers to attack election-related groups. Check Point found that 82% of malicious attacks arrive through email. The report also found large numbers of stolen passwords from major fundraising sites. ActBlue, which collects donations for Democratic candidates, had about 9,500 stolen passwords. WinRed, the Republican fundraising platform, had about 6,500.<\/p>\n<p>Fuchs noted that this information may not be directly used for election-related schemes, yet could be leveraged for opportunistic follow-on attempts at accessing other accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever an exposure like this happens, whether it\u2019s with a political site or not, oftentimes it\u2019s saved for later,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I have your email and password, if I have your phone number, I can just start an attack, a simple phishing attack that has nothing to do with the election right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Threat actors are also registering many new websites with election-related names. In January, about 1,300 new websites included the word \u201celection\u201d and about 4,010 included the word \u201cvote.\u201d These websites can be used for phishing scams, where hackers trick people into giving up their passwords by pretending to be legitimate election organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Fuchs noted that not every website may turn out to be malicious, but the speed with which these sites have been established \u2014 especially when legitimate campaign sites have been running years before an election \u2014 has led researchers to believe that the majority will be used for nefarious purposes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re spinning up these websites very quickly and at scale, there\u2019s a reason for it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Misinformation and manipulated content present another layer of concern, especially as AI-generated political content has become increasingly visible in the 2026 cycle. Earlier this month, OpenAI rolled out a suite of tools and safeguards that\u2019s meant to provide a layer of security for this particular election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Fuchs said this AI-powered manipulation is only going to grow as we get closer to Election Day, and as the models get better, so too will actors\u2019 ability to deceive people with fake content. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to make sense of these things when the AI, and the attacks, have just become so good,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was hard when they weren\u2019t good. So now imagine how much harder it\u2019s going to be when it is good, and it\u2019s continuing to get better and better.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fuchs warned that the speed at which AI-powered election threats are evolving presents a challenge that extends beyond technical defenses, saying that the true challenge lies in a threat landscape that\u2019s changing faster than public understanding can keep pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much more that we as a society can truly fathom,\u201d he told CyberScoop. Generative AI \u201cis moving so fast. It\u2019s getting so good. And if we\u2019re not having those conversations about, \u2018hey, this is how things might change,\u2019 all this stuff is just going to continue to get more difficult and more difficult. And it\u2019s going to flare at these inflection points, whether an election is kind of the perfect place for it, because there\u2019s just so much at stake for so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You read the full report on Check Point\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/checkpoint.cyberint.com\/hubfs\/2026%20U.S.%20Midterm%20Election%20Threat%20Outlook.pdf\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.8832487309645\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/election-threats-are-focused-on-campaign-systems-not-voting-machines-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Greg Otto\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Greg Otto<\/h4>\n<p> Greg Otto is Editor-in-Chief of CyberScoop, overseeing all editorial content for the website. 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