Hacker arrested for the fake SEC tweet that caused a Bitcoin price spike
To carry out this scheme, Council is accused of creating a fake ID using the information belonging to the person in control of the SEC’s X account. He then allegedly tricked AT&T into providing a SIM card with the victim’s phone number and install it into a new iPhone he purchased.
SEC X Account’s Alleged Hacker Arrested Over Fake Bitcoin ETF Post
An Alabama man was charged with hacking into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account in January and issuing a fake post about approval of a Bitcoin exchange traded fund.
FBI Arrests Suspect in Hacking of US SEC X Account
An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year, in an action that caused Bitcoin's value to spike,
Alabama man arrested in hack of SEC’s X account that sent bitcoin price skyrocketing
Prosecutors said Eric Council was part of a SIM-swapping scheme that granted him access to the SEC’s social-media account.
FBI arrests Alabama man over SEC bitcoin X account hack
By Douglas Gillison, Chris Prentice, Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices,
FBI Arrests Alleged SEC Hacker Linked to Fake Tweet Saying Bitcoin ETFs Were Approved
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it arrested a 25-year-old man for his role in the alleged hack of the Securities and
Arrest made in SEC hack resulting in bitcoin price spike
The FBI arrested an Alabama man Thursday in connection with the January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on social platform X that briefly caused the price of bitcoin to spike.
FBI arrests suspect in hacking of US SEC's account on platform X
An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year, in an action that caused bitcoin's value to spike,
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