TGF Premium Warfare Posted January 10 TGF Premium Report Share Posted January 10 A few hours ago, SEC posted on Twitter that they granted approval for spot Bitcoin ETFs. It turns out that their Twitter account was hacked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Root Admin MrD Posted January 10 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 10 What a joke..indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGF Premium Warfare Posted January 10 Author TGF Premium Report Share Posted January 10 The tweet below didn't age well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGF Premium Warfare Posted January 12 Author TGF Premium Report Share Posted January 12 After this incident, it was revealed that the SEC Twitter account was compromised via the phone number associated with it's account, and they also didn't have 2-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Twitter's (X) Safety team response: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGF Premium Warfare Posted January 13 Author TGF Premium Report Share Posted January 13 Statement from the SEC regarding the Twitter (X) incident: "While SEC staff is still assessing the scope of the incident, there is currently no evidence that the unauthorized party gained access to SEC systems, data, devices, or other social media accounts". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin MrD Posted January 22 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 22 SEC blames ‘SIM swap’ attack for hacked X account prior to official Bitcoin ETF approval The SEC had multifactor authentication enabled six months prior to the hack, but it was disabled by X Support following a request by an SEC staff member, the securities regulator revealed. “Two days after the incident, in consultation with the SEC’s telecom carrier, the SEC determined that the unauthorized party obtained control of the SEC cell phone number associated with the account in an apparent ‘SIM swap’ attack,” an SEC spokesperson said on Jan. 22. “Once in control of the phone number, the unauthorized party reset the password for the @SECGov account,” the SEC spokesperson added. https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-blames-sim-swap-attack-hacked-x-account-prior-official-bitcoin-etf-approval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul verma Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 New revelations from the investigation into the SEC's Twitter account compromise reveal that it stemmed from a SIM swapping attack and that MFA had been disabled on the account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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