Today, an Alabama man pleaded guilty to hijacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) account on X in a January 2024 SIM swapping attack. This comes after the defendant, 25-year-old ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty on Monday to helping hack the SEC's X (formerly Twitter) account in January 2024 in an attempt to mislead the market about spot Bitcoin ETF approvals. Eric Council, a ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to participating in the hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account that involved sending a fake social media post announcing the authorization of ...

Eric Council Jr., the Alabama man charged with hacking the X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to falsely post the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds ...

Hacker Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud after he took over the SEC’s X account in January 2024.

conspired with others who took “unauthorized control” of the SEC’s X account and falsely announced the SEC-approved BTC Exchange Trade Funds. This false announcement was based on a decision ...

Odds of a litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) going live in the coming months jumped to over 90% with dogecoin (DOGE) ...

In Jan. 2024, Eric Council hacked the X account of the SEC's prior chairman and falsely announced the SEC's approval of Bitcoin ETFs. As a result, the price of BTC increased by more than $1,000.

An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which was used to falsely claim that the SEC had ...

While all U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, their risk and return profiles can vary dramatically based on maturity length. Treasury bonds come in ...

Council admitted to accessing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account without authorization, leading to false information about the SEC's stance on Bitcoin Exchange Traded ...