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SEC reveals 2016 hack that may have been used for illegal trades

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WASHINGTON — The nation’s top financial markets regulator has revealed that its computer system was hacked last year and that private information might have been used to make “illicit gains” through stock trades. Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said in a statement posted on the agency’s website Wednesday night that officials learned…

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