Man pleads guilty to role in SEC social media account hack that led the price of bitcoin to spike

Man Who Hijacked SEC's X Account to Pump Bitcoin Faces Up to Five Years in Prison

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

Man who SIM-swapped the SEC's X account pleads guilty

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Man from Alabama pleads guilty over SEC's fake bitcoin post on X

Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Twitter account last year. The DOJ says he was the one who carried out the SIM swapping that made the takeover possible.

Man pleads guilty in hack of SEC's X account that claimed approval of bitcoin ETFs

Alabama man hacked Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, tanked Bitcoin’s value

An Alabama man pleaded guilty Monday to the 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account which temporarily caused the Bitcoin value to sharply drop.Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old Athens man, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity and access device fraud.