1 day ago · Eric Council, 25, of Athens, Georgia, entered a guilty plea today to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Council was arrested on October 17, 2024, in connection with his role in a conspiracy to hack into the X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and …

1 day ago · Eric Council Jr. admitted to conspiring with others who took control of the SEC's X account, according to the Department of Justice. Council, a 25-year-old resident of Athens, was arrested in ...

1 day ago · According to court documents, Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, conspired with others who took unauthorized control of the SEC’s X account and falsely announced that the SEC approved BTC Exchange ...

1 day ago · An Alabama man admitted Monday 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 ...

1 day ago · Eric Council Jr., the man accused of hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account in January 2024, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to identity theft and access device fraud. On Monday, Council admitted to his role in the cyberattack in a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

17 hours ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Athens, Ala., on Monday pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to one count of conspiring to commit identity theft and access device fraud ...

Oct 17, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, Alabama, was arrested this morning, in Athens, in connection with a January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account, formerly known as Twitter, in which hackers posted a fake message from the SEC Chair that caused the value of bitcoin (BTC) to ...

Oct 17, 2024 · According to court documents, on or about Jan. 9, Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, allegedly conspired with others to take unauthorized control of the SEC’s X account and, in the name of SEC Chair Gary Gensler, prematurely announced the approval of …

Oct 17, 2024 · Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on October 10 for one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device...