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

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

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.

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to participating in the hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account that ...

The Alabama man took over the SEC's X account to falsely post that the agency had approved Bitcoin ETFs, sending the ...

Eric Council, Jr. will spend two years in prison for an identity theft scheme that led to a false post by the SEC on X that ...

Goldman Sachs boosts Bitcoin ETF investment with a 105% rise in holdings and strategic options, signaling institutional ...

The world’s largest Bitcoin-backed stablecoin issuer evaluates expanding its Bitcoin lending business into traditional ...

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.

The man, Eric Council Jr., used a fake ID to gain access to a device with SEC account credentials. The account was then used ...

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.