Eric Council, Jr. will spend two years in prison for an identity theft scheme that led to a false post by the SEC on X that ...

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

An Alabama man has pled guilty to hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account last year and faces ...

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

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and manipulating Bitcoin prices.

An Alabama man has admitted to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media ...

The man faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Alabama, was arrested in October for his role in the hack of the SEC’s X account.

Eric Council, aka "Ronin," of Georgia, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund approval message, causing millions of dollars in market losses.

The price of bitcoin rose by more than $1,000 after the January 2024 hack of the Security and Exchange Commission’s social media site.