Cybersecurity
New York Calls for Social Media Oversight After Twitter Hack
- Hackers stole $118,000 in July breach, state regulator says
- NY Department of Financial Services recommends bank-like rules
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The New York State Department of Financial Services is calling for top social media companies to be regulated similarly to banks with a “systematically important” designation, following an investigation of a high-profile Twitter hack in July.
The agency concluded that Bitcoin companies under state regulation, like Coinbase Inc., acted quickly to address the hack, which involved a Bitcoin scam. By contrast, Twitter Inc., a social media company that is not regulated in the same way, was not adequately prepared for the breach..