The scrutiny prompted Wall Street to overhaul how employees communicate on business matters using mobile phones. Meanwhile, the SEC took a hard look at policies covering its own staff’s communications on agency-issued phones. The agency has restricted access to third-party messaging applications, as well as SMS (short message service) and iMessage texts “to lower risk that our systems could be compromised and to enhance recordkeeping,” an SEC spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. The process of blocking the apps began in September and has continued over the past several months, she added.
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