The official Twitter account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was hacked yesterday, with scammers posting an unauthorised message to its 660,000+ followers.

The false message - which has since been deleted - claimed that the SEC had approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin ETFs, and caused the market price of Bitcoin to immediately jump to nearly US $48,000.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Source: GrahamCurley
Source Link: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/secs-twitter-account-hacked-to-say-bitcoin-etfs-approved-politicians-and-lawyers-demand-investigation-into-security-breach/