FEC expands campaign spending rules to allow for physical, cybersecurity purchases

The Federal Election Commission unanimously amended rules to allow federal candidates, officeholders, their families, and campaign staff to use campaign funds for reasonable cybersecurity and physical security measures (such as software, devices, guards, cameras, and alarms) when addressing ongoing threats related to their status; the change follows public support and aims to mitigate increasing digital and physical targeting of political figures, citing recent hacks and indictments of state-linked actors as context for the policy update.