Eric Council Jr. of Athens is accused of conspiring with others in January to break into the SEC's account to prematurely ...

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

Prosecutors said Eric Council was part of a SIM-swapping scheme that granted him access to the SEC’s social-media account.

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

Council allegedly used the stolen personal information of an unnamed victim as well as an iPhone to break through the X ...

On October 17, 2024, the FBI arrested 25-year-old Eric Council Jr. of Athens, Alabama, in connection with the January 9 hack ...

US authorities have charged a man for involvement in the SEC X account hack in January 2024, which falsely announced the ...

The FBI arrested an Alabama man Thursday in connection with the January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on social platform X that briefly caused the price of bitcoin to ...

What Happened: The FBI apprehended Eric Council Jr. on Thursday, accusing him of conspiring with others to gain unauthorized ...

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social ...

Council Jr. allegedly hacked the SEC's X account in January and posted a misleading message about approving spot Bitcoin ETFs ...

The post sent by hackers on the SEC's X account made the false claim the regulator had allowed Bitcoin to be part of ...