Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities ...

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

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Eric Council Jr. entered a guilty plea for conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. This plea is related to his involvement in the unauthorized access and misuse of the ...

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An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund approval message, causing millions of dollars in market losses.

The man faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

An Alabama man on Monday pleaded guilty to hacking into the Securities and Exchange Committee's social media account and ...

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

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.