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 ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it arrested a 25-year-old man for his role in the alleged hack of the ...

The hacker, a 25-year-old Alabama man, pretended to be an FBI employee while at an AT&T store to pull off the 'SIM swap,' ...

To carry out this scheme, Council is accused of creating a fake ID using the information belonging to the person in control ...

Eric Council Jr. was arrested Thursday morning, and charged with allegedly hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

An Alabama man was charged over the January hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account ahead of its highly ...

According to federal authorities, Council Jr. is accused of being part of a group that hacked the SEC’s X account in January ...

A 25-year-old hacker, Eric Council Jr. was arrested today for his unauthorized control over SEC's X account in January 2024.

Bitcoin is technically on track to hit $233,000, according to analytics data based on the RSI, FBI arrests SEC X hacker: ...

Meanwhile, the Kraken crypto exchange has launched its version of wrapped Bitcoin, kBTC, on Ethereum and Optimism Mainnet.

An Alabama man is accused of helping to break into the SEC's account on X, allowing hackers to prematurely announce the approval of long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

The FBI arrest signals a strong stance against financial market manipulation and cybersecurity breaches, emphasizing the ...