A recent hacking attack on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought to the surface agonizing details about "SIM swapping" that compromised its official X (formerly known as Twitter) account.
The hacker took control of a staff member's cell phone number via SEC's telecom carrier, gained unauthorized access to the @SECGov account and published a false post on Jan. 9 regarding the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs.
