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Bitcoin X hack an ‘embarrassment’ for cyber security-conscious SEC

Regulator faces calls from lawmakers to explain how its account became ‘compromised’ in market-moving mishap.

In a post late on Tuesday, X, formerly known as Twitter, said the “compromise” was caused by an “unidentified individual obtaining control over a phone number associated with the @SECGov account through a third party”.

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