The official X account of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission was “compromised” this afternoon, resulting in the publication of an “unauthorized” post, according to SEC ...

The SEC’s X account was compromised and a fake post claiming that the agency had green lit plans for the products fueled a brief surge in the price of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency.

The SEC deleted the post about 30 minutes after it appeared. Sign up here. X confirmed later on Tuesday, following a preliminary investigation, that the SEC's account was compromised because an ...

Eric Council Jr. admitted to conspiring with others who took control of the SEC's X account, according to the Department of Justice. Council, a 25-year-old resident of Athens, was arrested in ...

In January, a hacker posted false news on the SEC's @SECGov X social media account announcing the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds, causing the price of the cryptocurrency to spike.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for allegedly failing to properly disclose his ownership of X, then known ... disclose that to the SEC within 10 calendar ...

As a result, the SEC alleges, Musk was able to underpay "by ... Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and later renamed it X. Musk started amassing Twitter shares in early 2022, and by March of ...