A 26-year-old from Alabama has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking the SEC’s Twitter, posting a fake Bitcoin ...

An Alabama man received a 14-month sentence for hacking the SEC's account and causing a brief surge in Bitcoin's price by ...

The man used a fake ID and a new iPhone to pull off what's known as a 'SIM swap' attack on the Securities and Exchange ...

An Alabama man has been handed 14 months behind bars after hacking an SEC social media account to post fake news about ...

Eric Council Jr. sentenced to 14 months for his role in the SEC X account hack that led to a false Bitcoin ETF announcement.

An Alabama man will spend 14 months in prison for his role in hacking the SEC’s X account to spread false info about Bitcoin ...

Eric Council Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to charges tied to the January 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities ... to hijack a phone number tied to the SEC’s account. His co-conspirators then ...

Council's role in the hack conspiracy involved executing a so-called SIM swap attack on a person whose phone number was linked to the SEC's X account. Council was tipped to the identity of that ...

A sharp sell-off in Coinbase (COIN) stock may be an overreaction to two pieces of bad news that hit on the same day, ...

An Alabama man has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for his part in 2024’s hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Twitter account, which increased the value of Bitcoin by $2,000.