US SEC blames 'SIM swapping' for its X account hack

Re:US SEC blames 'SIM swapping' for its X account hack by dehrmann on Thursday January 25, 2024 @02:06AM (#39127008)

> Why should X use their manpower for special treatment to SOME of their users?

Because X wants to continue to be a trusted platform. The more account takeovers there are, the more people start to doubt what authoritative sources say on X, and the less they use X.

> How should X handle a situation like that?

Flag high-risk accounts to go through extra verification because the cost of not doing it is high.

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Re:US SEC blames 'SIM swapping' for its X account hack by worksonmine on Thursday January 25, 2024 @09:17AM (#39129772)

Did you miss the part of the article where the SEC themselves removed the MFA? The SEC being complete idiots doesn't rub off on X. X isn't a source to trust that's not how it works, X is a platform.

You trust the source behind the account, and that varies based on who the account belongs to, not how many computer illiterate users got hacked. Any journalist worth their name will contact the source through official channels to confirm statements made on X.

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