Security News > 2024 > January > SEC confirms X account was hacked in SIM swapping attack
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed today that its X account was hacked through a SIM-swapping attack on the cell phone number associated with the account.
Today, the SEC has confirmed that a cell phone account associated with the X account suffered a SIM-swapping attack.
"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," explains an updated SEC press statement on the breach.
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