SEC blames retail day traders for hack
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was hacked. The commission named certain retail day traders as responsible for the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that the US Securities and Exchange Commission had named certain retail day traders as responsible for the hack.
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