阿拉巴馬州男子因 SEC X 帳戶黑客攻擊而被捕，導致比特幣價格飆升

美國哥倫比亞特區檢察官辦公室週四在一份聲明中表示，小埃里克·康瑟爾 (Eric Council Jr.) 於週四上午因與駭客攻擊有關而被捕。

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

檢察官稱，週四，一名 25 歲的阿拉巴馬州男子因今年早些時候入侵美國證券交易委員會的 X 帳戶而被捕，該帳戶涉嫌操縱比特幣價格。

In January, a hacker posted false news on the SEC’s @SECGov X account announcing the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds, causing the price of the cryptocurrency to spike. The agency quickly disavowed and deleted the post.

一月份，一名駭客在 SEC 的 @SECGov X 帳戶上發布虛假消息，宣布該機構已批准比特幣交易所交易基金，導致加密貨幣價格飆升。該機構很快否認並刪除了該貼文。

The incident sparked criticism of the SEC, the top US markets regulator, and renewed concerns over security on the social media platform X since it was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk in October 2022.

這起事件引發了對美國最高市場監管機構 SEC 的批評，並重新引發了人們對社群媒體平台 X 自 2022 年 10 月被億萬富翁馬斯克收購以來的安全擔憂。

Eric Council Jr., of Athens, Ala., was arrested on Thursday morning in connection with the hack, the US Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia said in a statement on Thursday. A lawyer for Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

美國哥倫比亞特區檢察官辦公室週四在一份聲明中表示，阿拉巴馬州雅典市的 Eric Council Jr. 於週四上午因與駭客攻擊有關而被捕。市議會的律師沒有立即回應置評請求。

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Federal prosecutors allege that Council assisted unnamed co-conspirators who had identified a victim with access to the SEC’s X account – dubbed “C.L.” They instructed Council on how to switch the victim’s phone to a new device and then used the access to post the bogus message on the SEC’s X account.

聯邦檢察官稱，該委員會協助未透露姓名的同謀，他們發現一名受害者有權存取SEC 的X 帳戶（稱為「CL」）。利用該存取權限發布虛假資訊SEC 的 X 帳戶上的消息。

The post on X caused bitcoin prices to spike by $1,000. Council later received bitcoin payment for the SIM swap and shortly after he drove to Birmingham, Ala., to return the iPhone, according to the Justice Department.

X 上的貼文導致比特幣價格飆升 1,000 美元。據司法部稱，市議會隨後收到了 SIM 卡更換的比特幣付款，不久之後他就開車前往阿拉巴馬州伯明翰歸還了 iPhone。

Council subsequently performed internet searches for phrases such as “what are some signs that the FBI is after you” and looked for information about deleting accounts maintained on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, prosecutors allege.

檢察官稱，該委員會隨後在網路上搜尋了諸如「FBI 正在追捕你的跡象」等短語，並查找有關刪除加密訊息應用程式 Telegram 上維護的帳戶的資訊。

The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Thursday’s arrest.

美國證券交易委員會沒有立即回應對週四逮捕發表評論的請求。

Council has been charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, according to the indictment.

根據起訴書，該委員會被指控串謀嚴重身分盜竊和存取設備詐欺。

The day after the hack, the SEC formally approved the bitcoin ETFs, which have brought the cryptocurrency further into the mainstream.

在駭客攻擊後的第二天，美國證券交易委員會正式批准了比特幣 ETF，這使加密貨幣進一步成為主流。