An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year, in an action that caused Bitcoin's value to spike,

FBI agents arrested a man in connection with the Jan. 9 hack of the X account belonging to the Securities and Exchange Commission. A fake tweet posted on the SEC account that day sent the price of bitcoin spiking by more than $1,

US authorities have charged a man for involvement in the SEC X account hack in January 2024, which falsely announced the approval of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds

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

The price of bitcoin briefly spiked more than $1,000 after the post claimed “The SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges.”

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

An Alabama man suspected of hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account in January was arrested Thursday morning in Athens, Ala.

Prosecutors said Eric Council was part of a SIM-swapping scheme that granted him access to the SEC’s social-media account.

By Douglas Gillison, Chris Prentice, Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices,