NEW: Feds announced the arrest and indictment of Eric Council Jr., accusing him of being part of a group of hackers who took over the official Securities and Exchange Commission's X account.
Council Jr. allegedly performed a SIM swap to get into the X account of a person with access to the @ SECgov account on X. The hackers then posted a fake tweet about Bitcoin that boosted the price up by $1,000.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/feds-arrest-man-who-allegedly-participated-in-hack-of-the-secs-x-account-boosting-bitcoins-price/
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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