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SEC's filing system hacked; illegal trading profits feared

Breach due to software vulnerability was patched but hackers still gained access to non-public information

Published Thu, Sep 21, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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THE vulnerability of governments and businesses to cyber attacks was exposed again on Wednesday when a top US financial regulator said that hackers had breached its electronic database of market-moving corporate announcements, and may have profited from the information that they stole.

The hack of an aspect of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Edgar filin…

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