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ATHENS, Ala. (WHNT) — Officials with the United States Department of Justice say an Athens man was arrested Thursday for a January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account.  Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on October 10 for one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. 
	
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The FBI has arrested a man suspected of breaking into the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account. The man is a 25-year-old resident of Athens, Alabama, according to the United States Department of Justice. A fake message about approval for certain listed bitcoin funds appeared on the market watchdog's profile in January, causing the cryptocurrency to briefly rise in value.

De FBI heeft een man gearresteerd die ervan wordt verdacht te hebben ingebroken in het X-account van de Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Het gaat om een 25-jarige inwoner van de plaats Athens in de staat Alabama, laat justitie in de Verenigde Staten weten. Op het profiel van die markttoezichthouder verscheen in januari een nepbericht over goedkeuring voor bepaalde beursgenoteerde bitcoinfondsen, waardoor die cryptomunt kortstondig in wa…

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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 of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said.Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, is accused of helping to break into the SEC’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, allowing the hackers to prematurely announce the approval of long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded funds.The price of …

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25 year-old Alabama man arrested for January hack of SEC’s X account

The person behind the bold SIM swap attack that led to the takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account has been arrested. The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy that shot Bitcoin (BTC) prices higher within minutes.
Eric Council Jr., 25, was apprehended in Athens, Alabama, early today in connection with the January 2024 scheme to manipulate the price of Bitcoin. Council, charged with conspiracy to commit identity the…

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Eric Council Jr., of Athens, has been arrested for allegedly hacking the X (formerly Twitter) account of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The person behind the bold SIM swap attack that led to the takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account has been arrested. The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy that shot Bitcoin (BTC) prices higher within minutes. Eric Council Jr., 25, was apprehended in Athens, Alabama, early today in connection with the January 2024 scheme to manipulate the price of Bitcoin. Council, charged with conspiracy to commit identity the…

Athens man arrested for January hack of Securities and Exchange Commission X account

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