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 ...

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

An Alabama hacker, Eric Council Jr., has pleaded guilty to hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and ...

Alabama hacker pleads guilty to SEC X account breach, fueling Bitcoin ETF misinformation. The case exposes social media’s ...

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.

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

X users have been subjected to a flood of ads that feature fake CBC headlines, leading to fake CBC-style articles. In the end, it’s part of an international investment scheme.