SEC, Bitcoin

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.
Hacker behind SEC's fraudulent bitcoin ETF post pleads guilty
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 bitcoin ETFs had been approved.
Man pleads guilty in hack of SEC's X account that claimed approval of bitcoin ETFs
The price of bitcoin rose by more than $1,000 after the January 2024 hack of X account of the Security and Exchange Commission.
Hacker Pleads Guilty to SEC X Account SIM Swap Attack That Caused Bitcoin Market Volatility
The 25-year-old perpetrator admitted to executing a SIM swap that gave him control over the phone number associated with the SEC’s X account. Through this access, Council reset the account password and posted fabricated information about Bitcoin ETF approvals,
Alabama man pleads guilty in hacking of SEC social media account, boosting bitcoin value
An Alabama man on Monday pleaded guilty to hacking into the Securities and Exchange Committee's social media account and posting a false message in January 2024.
Man Pleads Guilty to Role in SEC Social Media Account Hack That Led the Price of Bitcoin to Spike
An Alabama man has admitted to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account designed to manipulate the price of bitcoin
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty To SEC X Account Hack That Made Bitcoin Prices Surge
An Alabama man pleaded guilty to hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and manipulating Bitcoin prices. Twenty-five-year-old Eric Council Jr. was admitted in a Washington, D.C. court to conspiring to commit identity theft and access device fraud.
Man Who Hijacked SEC’s X Account to Pump Bitcoin Faces Up to Five Years in Prison
The Alabama man took over the SEC's X account to falsely post that the agency had approved Bitcoin ETFs, sending the ...
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Hacking Hardware Bitcoin Wallets: Extracting The Cryptographic Seed From A Trezor
It’s worth noting that the hack does require physical access to the wallet — albeit only about fifteen minutes worth. And by “physical access” we mean that the hack leaves the device ...
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700,000 Bitcoin Lost Eight Years Ago Today: Learning From The Fall Of Mt. Gox
In September of the same year, a hacker managed to get read ... users relying on the exchange for their bitcoin purchasing, selling and custodying. Although Mt. Gox’s approach to technical ...
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Bitcoin hacker sentenced to five years in prison
Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year to hacking into the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stealing almost 20,000 bitcoin ... serial entrepreneur, software investor and rapper".
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Thieves stole potentially millions of dollars in bitcoin in a hacking attack on a cryptocurrency company
Although bitcoin owners are usually anonymous ... industry have struggled to secure their sites and software against hackers. Another major hack occurred just last month on Parity, a digital ...
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With Nix, Bitcoin Projects Can Accelerate Contributions And Deployment
As a unique solution to software distribution, Nix can help Bitcoin projects garner more contributions, quicker deployment and better scaling. This is an opinion editorial by niftynei, a developer ...