The man faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

An Alabama hacker, Eric Council Jr., has pleaded guilty to hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and ...

The man, Eric Council Jr., used a fake ID to gain access to a device with SEC account credentials. The account was then used ...

Council carried out a SIM swapping attack, which allowed the hackers to obtain access to the SEC’s X account, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). SIM swapping is a technique in which ...

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to participating in the hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account that ...

Eric Council pleaded guilty to a hacking conspiracy that used a SIM swap to access the SEC's X account, affecting Bitcoin ...

the hacker who published a fake spot bitcoin ETF ... Using his ID card printer, he forged a fake ID, and with this counterfeit ID, he went to a mobile carrier store in Huntsville, Alabama, where ...