The SEC's Edgar database, containing financial reports from US public companies and mutual funds, could be at risk of "denial of service" attacks.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street's top regulator, has discovered a vulnerability in its corporate filing database that could cause the system to collapse, according to an internal document seen by Reuters.
The SEC's Sept 22 memo reveals that its Edgar database, containing financial reports from US public companies and mutual funds, could be at risk of "denial of service" attacks, a type of cyber intrusion that floods a network, overwhelming it and forcing it to close.
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