SEC Chair Gary Gensler said the agency is taking the cybersecurity incident seriously and is currently evaluating the impact of the breach on crypto investors and marketplaces.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Gary Gensler, has said there is “no evidence” that the unauthorized party who gained access to the SEC’s X (formerly Twitter) account on Jan. 9 accessed other systems, data, devices or social media accounts at the moment.
In a statement about the hack, Gensler emphasized that the SEC is taking the incident seriously and is currently evaluating the impact of the security breach on other agencies, as well as crypto investors and marketplaces.
Gensler stated that the SEC recognizes the impact of the security breach, including concerns about the security of the agency’s social media accounts. He further noted that staff will continue assessing whether additional remedial measures are warranted.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-gensler-assures-no-system-access-in-response-to-x-account-breach