Security News > 2025 > February > Hacker pleads guilty to SIM swap attack on US SEC X account

2025-02-10 18:46
Today, an Alabama man pleaded guilty to hijacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) account on X in a January 2024 SIM swapping attack. [...]
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