Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Official SEC X Account and Falsely Claiming Regulator Had Approved Bitcoin ETFs

An Alabama man has pled guilty to hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account last year and faces up to five years in prison. In January 2024, Eric Council Jr., 25, conspired with others to commandeer the SEC’s X account and prematurely announce the approval of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) […] The post Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Official SEC X... source: https://dailyhodl.com/2025/02/12/man-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-official-sec-x-account-and-falsely-claiming-regulator-had-approved-bitcoin-etfs/