US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison

techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/us-man-who-hacked-secs-x-account-to-spike-bitcoin-price-sentenced-to-prison

Eric Council Jr., 26, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Friday for participating in the hack of the official X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing in a press release.…

This story appeared on techcrunch.com, 2025-05-16 20:23:10.
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