Eric Council Jr., the Alabama man charged ... The false X post sent the price of bitcoin briefly surging. The FBI arrested Council in October for hijacking the SEC’s X account.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account ... the SEC was expected to make about ...

An Alabama man admitted Monday to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a ... Council was arrested in October and charged with helping to break into the SEC’s account on X, formerly known ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which was used to falsely claim that the SEC had ...