[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-cisa-and-fbi-warn-midterm-election-staff-about-phishing":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},11689,"cisa-and-fbi-warn-midterm-election-staff-about-phishing","CISA and FBI Warn Midterm Election Staff About Phishing","A routine CISA and FBI notice tells campaign and election staff to expect convincing fake emails, texts, audio and video, with no new incident disclosed.","CISA and the FBI have issued a Public Service Announcement warning election officials, candidates and political organizations to expect phishing and smishing attempts during the 2026 U.S. midterms. Smishing is phishing by text message.\n\nThis is a routine advisory. The announcement describes no new breach and names no specific campaign or attacker. It is a general warning about methods.\n\nThe agencies said malicious cyber actors may use these techniques to steal login credentials and other sensitive information, or to install malware on a targeted device. They gave three reasons these groups are attractive targets: access to voter registration data, access to current government officials, and access to sensitive campaign information.\n\nThe notable detail is polish. The agencies said attackers are increasingly running sophisticated campaigns that closely resemble legitimate communications. These can include convincing emails and text messages, plus audio and video content, all designed to push recipients into handing over information or opening malicious links and attachments.\n\nPhishing is an old problem for campaigns. The 2016 compromise of Democratic party and campaign email accounts remains the best-known example, and it began with the same basic trick of a message that looked like it belonged. What the agencies describe now is a wider toolkit, where a fake can arrive as a voice or a video as well as a typed message.\n\nThe agencies' advice is to review the PSA, follow recommended cybersecurity practices and stay alert to suspicious emails and mobile messages. Vigilance asks a lot of busy staff when the lure is built to pass for the real thing, which makes the practices in the full PSA the part worth reading closely.","[\"cisa\",\"election-security\",\"phishing\",\"fbi\"]","2026-10-16T12:00:00.000Z","2026-10-17T23:06:18.230Z","2026-10-17T23:06:20.560Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Name CISA in the body instead of the vague 'federal cyber-defense partner', and fix the count error: the source lists three reasons these targets are attractive (voter registration data, access to current government officials, sensitive campaign information), but the draft says 'two things'. Also soften or support the unsourced claim about what phishing training teaches, and make clear that the piece is a routine PSA with no new incident.","resolved","security",[32,33,34,35],"cisa","election-security","phishing","fbi",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"CISA Advisories","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cisa.gov\u002Fresources-tools\u002Fresources\u002Fcyber-threat-actors-use-variety-techniques-target-election-and-campaign-officials",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":30,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy","policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Deals","deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Gaming","gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]