The FBI arrested Eric Council Jr. who used the SEC's X account to post a fake BTC ETF approval in January, causing a price ...

The DOJ says Eric Council was able to impersonate someone with access to the SEC's X account via a "SIM swap." ...

A fake tweet announced the approval for the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds before the agency regained control of ...

FBI officials arrested an Alabama man Thursday for allegedly hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this ...

An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's X ...

To carry out this scheme, Council is accused of creating a fake ID using the information belonging to the person in control ...

According to court documents, Eric Council Jr went under the aliases Ronin, Easymunny, and AGiantSchnauzer online, and ...

A man was arrested in Alabama Thursday by the FBI on charges related to the January hack of the Securities and Exchange ...

Eric Council Jr. and unnamed co-conspirators were allegedly behind the hack of the official @SECGov account on X.

Alabama man arrested by FBI in connection with the January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account.

An Alabama man was charged over the January hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account ahead of its ...

The incident sparked criticism of the SEC, the top US markets regulator, and renewed concerns over security on the social ...