Hacker Pleads Guilty To SEC's Fake Bitcoin ETF Post On X That Triggered Financial Wipeout Worth Millions
An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ...
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Hacker pleads guilty for SEC X account breach that made fake Bitcoin ETF post
An Alabama hacker, Eric Council Jr., has pleaded guilty to hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and ...
Man from Alabama pleads guilty over SEC's fake bitcoin post on X
Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities ...
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Alleged hacker behind fake SEC post could forfeit $50K in plea deal
Related: Crypto Biz: SEC cleans up Gensler-era mess The fake Bitcoin ETF post, published to X on Jan. 9, 2024, came as many in the crypto industry anticipated the SEC would announce whether it ...
Man Behind Fake SEC Bitcoin ETF Post Pleads Guilty
Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Alabama, was arrested in October for his role in the hack of the SEC’s X account.
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FBI Arrests Hacker Behind SEC X Account Fake Bitcoin ETF Announcement
Javier Bastardo covers Bitcoin and crypto news from the Global South. The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they caught Eric Council Jr., the hacker who published a fake spot bitcoin ...
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Paxful: Hacked User Data Offer Is “Fake”
Always fake. No user data leaked.” Youssef went on to write that he was “still confirming if some employee data was leaked from [a] third-party payroll site.” Nevertheless, the forum post received ...