Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking SEC's X Account, Posting About Bitcoin

An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., in connection with last year’s hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which was used to falsely claim the agency had officially approved exchange-traded funds for bitcoin Eric Council Jr. admitted to conspiring with others who took control of the SEC’s X account, according to the Department of Justice.

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