FBI arrests ‘AGiantSchnauzer’, the Alabama man behind SEC Bitcoin hack

CAT October 17, 2024 1 min read

Micah Zimmerman

Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Athens, Alabama, was arrested in connection with the January 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account. Council’s hack resulted in the false pretense that the SEC had approved Bitcoin exchange-traded…

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