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United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler penned a response to four lawmakers in the House of Representatives over an “unauthorized” tweet sent from the official SEC X account on Jan. 9.
In a Feb. 6 letter to Representatives Patrick McHenry, French Hill, Bill Huizenga and Ann Wagner, Gensler <a href="https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=0000018d-8abb-dff8-a7ed-8bfb8f3a0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">confirmed</a> earlier reports that a hacker had been able to gain access to the SEC’s X account using a “SIM swap” attack, falsely declaring that the commission had approved spot Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) exchange-traded funds for listing and trading on U.S. exchanges. According to the SEC chair, the hacker made two posts using access to the account and liked two tweets before the commission could undo the activity.
“Based on information currently available, [SEC] staff believe that X terminated the unauthorized access to the account by 5:30 pm,” said Gensler. “[L]aw enforcement is currently investigating how the unauthorized party got the carrier to change the SIM for the account and how the party knew which phone number was associated with the account.”
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">"Compromised" tweet sent from the SEC X account on Jan. 9. Source: X
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The SEC chair added the commission was <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-working-fbi-investigate-spot-bitcoin-etf-tweet" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">coordinating with its Office of Inspector General</a>, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for an investigation into the matter and was in touch with Justice Department officials. Gensler said, “the SEC takes its cybersecurity obligations seriously” and invited the lawmakers to ask additional questions if needed.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/lawyers-politicians-investigation-sec-bitcoin-etf-post" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Lawyers, politicians call for investigation of SEC over Bitcoin ETF post</a>
The fake tweet, sent from the official SEC X account on Jan. 9, briefly <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-account-hacked-no-spot-bitcoin-etf-approval" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">caused turmoil in the crypto market</a> as many had expected the commission to decide on approving spot BTC ETFs. The following day, Jan. 10, the SEC <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-spot-bitcoin-etf-approvals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">officially approved 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products</a> for listing and trading on U.S. exchanges.
X’s safety team reported on Jan. 9 that the SEC <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-twitter-account-hacked-2fa-x-reveals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">did not enable two-factor authentication</a> on its account, leading to the security breach. The commission <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-blames-sim-swap-attack-hacked-x-account-prior-official-bitcoin-etf-approval" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">confirmed these details</a> in a Jan. 22 statement.
Following SEC approval of spot BTC ETFs, many experts expect the commission to decide on spot Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>) exchange-traded products. Asset manager VanEck will likely be one of the first firms to hear a decision, with an SEC deadline of May 2024.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/expect-records-broken-by-spot-bitcoin-etf-brett-harrison-ex-ftx-us-x-hall-of-flame/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Expect ‘records broken’ by Bitcoin ETF: Brett Harrison (ex-FTX US), X Hall of Flame</a>

Gary Gensler responds to US lawmakers over SEC’s false spot Bitcoin ETF tweet

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