Man Who Hijacked SEC’s X Account to Pump Bitcoin Faces Up to Five Years in Prison
The Alabama man took over the SEC's X account to falsely post that the agency had approved Bitcoin ETFs, sending the ...
Hacker Pleads Guilty To SEC's Fake Bitcoin ETF Post On X That Triggered Financial Wipeout Worth Millions
An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ...
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Hacker pleads guilty for SEC X account breach that made fake Bitcoin ETF post
An Alabama hacker, Eric Council Jr., has pleaded guilty to hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and ...
Man from Alabama pleads guilty over SEC's fake bitcoin post on X
Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities ...
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Alleged hacker behind fake SEC post could forfeit $50K in plea deal
US authorities have proposed a plea agreement for Eric Council Jr., the individual who allegedly helped compromise the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account in January 2024. In a Feb. 9 ...
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Man Behind Fake SEC Bitcoin ETF Post Pleads Guilty
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 ...
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Hacker pleads guilty of taking over SEC’s X account to post fake Bitcoin news
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 ...
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FBI Arrests Hacker Behind SEC X Account Fake Bitcoin ETF Announcement
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 ...
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SEC X Account Hack Over Bitcoin ETF Post Leads to Guilty Plea
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 ... first-ever spot Bitcoin exchange ...
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Scam email informs recipients about fake purchase
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 ...
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Man pleads guilty to role in SEC social media account hack that led the price of bitcoin to spike
Bitcoin has recently been trading around $100,000. Council carried out what’s known as a “SIM swap,” using a fake ID to impersonate someone with access to the SEC’s X account and convince ...
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Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to SEC X Account Hack and Fake Bitcoin ETF Post
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 ...