The bad actor who hacked into the X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month gained access through a SIM swapping attack on the agency’s phone linked to the account. A SEC spokesperson in an update this week on the incident said the attacker was able to convince the unnamed wireless carrier..

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Jeffrey Burt

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