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." ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...