Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), confirmed earlier on Wednesday (10th) that the official X account of the SEC had issued false news approving a Bitcoin spot ETF due to a security breach. This incident has sparked discussions within the community, with some even speculating that the SEC itself set the wrong announcement broadcast date.
In response to this event, the X platform released an official statement confirming that the X account of the SEC had been compromised. According to the investigation conducted by the X team, this breach was not due to any leakage from the X system, but rather because an unidentified individual gained control of the phone number associated with the SEC account through a third party. Additionally, the account was not enabled with two-factor authentication (2FA) at the time of the breach. X also recommended in the statement that users enable this feature to ensure account security.
Interestingly, Gary Gensler himself did not seem to practice what he preached in terms of account protection. Renowned on-chain detective ZachXBT responded to the above tweet by posting a picture of a previous tweet from Gensler, reminding the public to strengthen their protection measures, including using strong passwords, setting up multi-factor authentication, and keeping the account alert function enabled. ZachXBT sarcastically reminded Gensler to remember to implement these measures with the same content.
