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SEC probing SolarWinds clients over cyber breach disclosures: sources

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into last year’s SolarWinds cyber breach, focusing on whether some companies failed to disclose that they had been affected by the unprecedented hack, two persons familiar with the investigation said on Monday.

Robinhood's $30M man is former SEC official

Robinhood's chief legal officer is a former SEC commissioner who raked in more than $30 million last year after joining the trading platform's executive team in May.

Feds accelerating crypto world crackdown

Job postings indicate the Federal Government is worried about the proliferation of crimes involving digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and plans a broad criminal crackdown on illicit activities in the crypto world. In recent weeks, crypto-related criminal activity has been making national headlines particularly with the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline in May that resulted in the days-long shutdown of the country’s largest fuel pipeline.