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.

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 ...

In January, a hacker posted false news on the SEC's @SECGov X social media account announcing the agency had approved bitcoin ...

Eric Counsel Jr. is accused of helping to hack the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account in order to post false ...

The incident sparked criticism of the SEC, the top US markets regulator, and renewed concerns over security on the social media platform X since it was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022.

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social ...

A 25-year-old Alabama resident named Eric Council Jr. was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the unauthorized ...

Eric Council was arrested for his alleged role in a hack of the SEC's system, which caused a brief surge in Bitcoin's value.

Alabama resident charged over January hijacking of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account before historic decision on spot bitcoin ETFs.

An Alabama man was charged over the January hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account ahead of its highly anticipated decision to approve spot-Bitcoin exchange traded funds.

"The defendant allegedly deceived the public by impersonating the victim and making fraudulent statements on behalf of the ...

WASHINGTON — An Alabama man was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price ...