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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The US financial regulator has confirmed a key security procedure on its X account had been suspended for six months when hackers made a fake post about Bitcoin in January.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not have multi-factor authentication (MFA) in place when hackers gained access to the account.

"Once access was re-established, MFA remained disabled until staff re-enabled it after the account was compromised on January 9.

Because MFA had been suspended on the account, the hacker was able to reset the password, log in and make a post.

It announced the SEC had approved so-called exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Bitcoin, which shot up in value to $48,000 (£37,800) before the post was withdrawn.

It takes many forms, including having a dedicated app that gives you a pin code for a website, as well as sending a text message, though this is considered less secure.


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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Someone is lying