Hackers Used SIM Swapping to Breach US SEC X Account

Hackers Spread Fake News About SEC Approving Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund
It wasn't a sophisticated hack on Jan. 9 that allowed hackers to briefly take control of an official U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account, the agency said Monday. The hackers simply scammed the account's mobile phone provider in a SIM swap attack.

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