The man, Eric Council Jr., pleaded guilty three months ago in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud in connection with ...
An Athens man has been arrested by federal authorities after they say he helped hack the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account, causing the value of bitcoin to soar by $1,000 with a phony ...
FBI officials arrested an Alabama man Thursday for allegedly hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this year as part of an attempt to promote bitcoin. Eric Council Jr., 25, was ...
A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which was used to send out a tweet that ...