After the US SEC account was compromised and posted a fake Bitcoin ETF approval announcement, X has shared its investigation of the hack.
SEC’s Account Was Compromised Due To An Individual Gaining Access To Its Phone Number
Earlier in the past day, the X handle of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a surprise announcement of the Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) gaining approval.
This post, however, in fact, turned out to be the product of the account becoming compromised. Not too long after, the commission removed the post and gave its clarification regarding the event.
“The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted,” said the SEC in a new post. “The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products.”
X’s “Safety” handle has now looked into the compromise and revealed its findings from a preliminary investigation. “We can confirm that the account @SECGov was compromised and we ha
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