Wall Street's Top Watchdog Seeks Help to Muzzle a Mystery Troll
- SEC hiring reputation expert to suppress ‘false’ content
- Move comes after agency lawyers targeted by online attacks
This article is for subscribers only.
Elon Musk mocked it as the “Shortseller Enrichment Commission.” Billionaire Mark Cuban said it’s “useless.” Hedge fund legend Leon Cooperman called it “abusive.”
For the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, such attacks come with the territory. But brushing them off is getting harder in the age of social media. One online foe has so troubled the agency’s staff that it’s made the remarkable move of seeking to hire an expert to burnish their images.