WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices, U.S. prosecutors said.

FBI agents on Thursday morning arrested a 25-year-old Alabama man on charges related to the hack in January of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which led to the price of bitcoin spiking by more than $1,

An Alabama man was charged over the January hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account ahead of its highly anticipated decision

Remember when the SEC's Twitter account was hacked to prematurely share that Bitcoin ETFs were approved? The FBI has arrested a suspect.

X account @SECGov and a message was posted that the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds for listing on national exchanges. The po

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Departme

A 25-year-old Alabama resident named Eric Council Jr. was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the unauthorized takeover of the Security and Exchange Commission’s X account in January, which caused the value of Bitcoin to spike $1,

A 25-year-old Alabama man has been arrested by the FBI for his alleged role in the takeover of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year. The hack resulted in a rogue tweet that falsely claimed bitcoin ETFs had been approved by the regulator,