A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices, U.S. prosecutors said.

FBI officials arrested an Alabama man Thursday for allegedly hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this year as part of an attempt to promote bitcoin.

A US man was arrested after prosecutors accused of being responsible for hacking the SEC's social media to post a fake Bitcoin ETF approval.

FBI agents on Thursday morning arrested a 25-year-old Alabama man on charges related to the hack in January of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which led to the price of bitcoin spiking by more than $1,

An Alabama man suspected of hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account in January was arrested Thursday morning in Athens, Ala.

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Departme

The hacker, a 25-year-old Alabama man, pretended to be an FBI employee while at an AT&T store to pull off the 'SIM swap,' which led to access to the SEC's account on X/Twitter.

The DOJ says Eric Council was able to impersonate someone with access to the SEC's X account via a "SIM swap."

The price of bitcoin briefly spiked more than $1,000 after the post claimed “The SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges.”