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Man from Alabama pleads guilty over SEC's fake bitcoin post on X
Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Twitter account last year. The DOJ says he was the one who carried out the SIM swapping that made the takeover possible.
Eric Council Jr. from Alabama has pleaded guilty to being a co-conspirator in the unauthorized takeover of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Twitter account last year. His co-conspirators, who paid Council in bitcoin, then changed the SEC account's password to control it before posting the false news along with a fake quote from Gensler. The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok suggests Android users in the US should sideload the app, OnePlus 13 phone review, Apple will reportedly announce a new iPhone SE this week.
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