The Alabama man took over the SEC's X account to falsely post that the agency had approved Bitcoin ETFs, sending the ...

An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ...

An Alabama hacker, Eric Council Jr., has pleaded guilty to hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and ...

Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to participating in the hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account that ...

An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account last year to manipulate bitcoin prices. Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Athens ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Javier Bastardo covers Bitcoin and crypto news from the Global South. The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they caught Eric ...

The man, Eric Council Jr., used a fake ID to gain access to a device with SEC account credentials. The account was then used ...

Once Council gained access to the account, his unnamed co-conspirators posted a doctored image, message, and fake quote by then SEC Chairman Gary Gensler saying Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETC ...

IT’S A CONFIRMATION THAT YOU JUST MADE A PURCHASE OF BITCOIN FOR $999 ... THAT THEY’RE GOING TO REFUND YOUR MONEY THROUGH YOUR CREDIT CARD OR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, EVEN THOUGH YOUR MONEY HAS ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to participating in the hack of the SEC's X account that involved sending a fake social media post announcing the authorization of the first-ever spot Bitcoin ETFs ...