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

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

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.

An Athens man who was arrested in October for hacking into the X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a guilty plea.

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.

The newly launched crypto task force could help " facilitate the potential resolution of this case," the court filing said.

Eric Council admitted guilt in helping to hack the SEC’s X account and trying to mislead the market about spot Bitcoin ETF ...

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