Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
SEC
Hack or exploit on Jan 9, 2024 · Account Compromise
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated on Monday in a release that its Twitter account was compromised on January 9th due to an unauthorized party gaining control of the associated phone number through a "SIM card swap" attack. After gaining control of the phone number, the unauthorized party reset the password for the SEC's Twitter account. Access to the phone number was obtained through the telecommunications provider, not through the SEC's systems.
Details
- Date
- Jan 9, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "SEC hack, Jan 9, 2024: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htdbff15c4f7/ (data as of 2026-10-31).