X, formerly known as Twitter, has been confirmed. post The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account was compromised this morning when someone gained control of the phone numbers associated with the account.
X’s safety team said today that it has completed its preliminary investigation into the incident after the SEC alleged illegal activity on X’s account. Hacked to tweet fake posts. This concerns the approval of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.
“Our investigation indicates that this breach was not the result of a breach of
X’s security team noted that the SEC did not have two-factor authentication set up on the accounts when they were compromised.
A spot Bitcoin ETF is widely expected to receive approval from U.S. financial regulators on Wednesday and begin trading the following day.
price of bitcoin Soars to about $47,900 After the fake announcement, it fell to around $46,100 at noon Hong Kong time on Wednesday.
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