An Alabama man has admitted to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account designed to manipulate the price of bitcoin.

Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty to hacking the X (formerly Twitter) account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

An Alabama man has admitted his role in a scheme that involved hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) ...

The popular Bitcoin ETF hacker who compromised the US SEC X account in 2024 has pleaded guilty to the crime in a DC Court.

Council’s plea was entered before U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the District of Columbia. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years ...

Eric Council, aka "Ronin," of Georgia, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

formerly known as Twitter. The account hack occurred a day before analysts expected the SEC to announce the approval of the spot market Bitcoin ETFs. The hacker’s fake post on Jan. 9 ...

An Alabama man admitted Monday to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities ... helping to break into the SEC’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, allowing unnamed co ...