阿拉巴馬州男子對比特幣ETF Hack中的身份盜用和訪問裝置欺詐認罪

小埃里克委員會（Eric Council Jr.

An Alabama man who hijacked the Twitter account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pump Bitcoin has pleaded guilty to identity theft and access device fraud.

一名阿拉巴馬州的男子劫持了美國證券交易委員會（SEC）的Twitter帳戶泵比特幣，已對身份盜用和訪問設備欺詐表示認罪。

Eric Council Jr., along with his co-conspirators, used their unauthorized access to the SEC’s Twitter account to post a false statement claiming the agency had approved Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

小埃里克委員會（Eric Council Jr.）以及他的同謀，使用他們未經授權的訪問SEC的Twitter帳戶的訪問來發布虛假聲明，聲稱該機構已批准了比特幣交易所交易的資金。

Bitcoin’s price quickly soared before plummeting back down after the SEC’s then-chairman Gary Gensler used his personal account to state the post was false.

在SEC的當時主席Gary Gensler使用他的個人帳戶來陳述該職位是錯誤的，比特幣的價格迅速飆升，然後跌倒了。

The cryptocurrency industry has long clamored for the ability to launch Bitcoin ETFs, which essentially allow everyday traders to invest in crypto without needing to hold the currency themselves or buy it through a dedicated exchange.

加密貨幣行業長期以來一直在大聲疾呼發射比特幣ETF，這實質上允許日常交易者在無需持有貨幣或通過專用的交易所購買貨幣的情況下對加密貨幣進行投資。

It is considered safer because investors in an ETF do not have to hold the currency themselves or risk losing their funds in all too common hacks.

它被認為是更安全的，因為ETF的投資者不必自己持有貨幣本身或冒著在所有常見的黑客中損失資金的風險。

The SEC did approve Bitcoin ETFs one day after the hack, curiously.

奇怪的是，SEC確實批准了黑客之後的一天。

According to the Justice Department, Council accessed the SEC’s account using an attack called SIM swapping, in which a perpetrator uses social engineering to trick a phone carrier’s customer service representatives into transferring an individual’s phone number to a new device.

根據司法部的說法，市議會使用稱為SIM交換的攻擊訪問了SEC的帳戶，其中犯罪者使用社會工程欺騙電話運營商的客戶服務代表將個人的電話號碼轉移到新設備。

Basically, they call into a support line and use pieces of personal information about a victim they have gathered online to convince the representative they are the person they are targeting.

基本上，他們呼籲支持線，並使用有關他們在網上收集的受害者的個人信息，以說服代表他們是他們的目標人。

Once perpetrators take the number and can begin receiving text messages, they are able to reset the passwords of accounts on services like Twitter. It is not really a “hack” in the traditional sense that they are not finding flaws in software but rather exploiting human trust.

一旦犯罪者拿走了這個數字並可以開始接收短信，他們就可以重置Twitter之類的服務上的帳戶密碼。從傳統意義上講，這並不是他們在軟件中發現缺陷，而是利用人類信任的“黑客”。

SIM swapping has become a major problem in recent years, infamously causing a major 2020 disruption of Twitter that saw infiltrators take over the accounts of major figures like President Obama.

近年來，SIM卡交換已成為一個主要問題，臭名昭著地造成了2020年對Twitter的重大破壞，這使滲透者接管了奧巴馬總統等主要人物的記載。

Similarly, in that case, the perpetrators were running a cryptocurrency scam. SIM swaps are a favored method to hijack cryptocurrency wallets, which are not protected by FDIC insurance.

同樣，在這種情況下，犯罪者正在運行加密貨幣騙局。 SIM卡互換是劫持加密貨幣錢包的一種偏愛方法，該方法不受FDIC保險的保護。

Once cryptocurrency funds are stolen, they are incredibly difficult (but not impossible) to claw back, making them an ideal vector for fraud.

一旦加密貨幣被盜，它們就非常困難（但不是不可能），使其成為欺詐的理想矢量。

A lot of international fraud is conducted using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Tether because they do not touch the traditional banking system, which has many more provisions in place to monitor for money laundering and other suspicious activity. President Trump’s support of crypto and evisceration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not likely to improve the situation.

許多國際欺詐是使用比特幣和繫繩等加密貨幣進行的，因為它們沒有觸及傳統的銀行系統，該系統有更多的規定來監控洗錢和其他可疑活動。特朗普總統對加密貨幣的支持和對消費者金融保護局的審查不太可能改善局勢。

Unfortunately for individuals like Council, all Bitcoin transactions are logged on a blockchain for anyone to see, leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for investigators to find. If he did make out with a lot of crypto, it would be hard to keep it hidden forever.

不幸的是，對於像理事會這樣的個人，所有比特幣交易都登錄了一個區塊鏈供任何人看到，留下了一群麵包屑，供調查人員找到。如果他確實用很多加密貨幣策劃了，那將很難永遠隱藏它。

Council allegedly did not post the message himself to the SEC’s Twitter account, but conducted the SIM swap and left the rest of the work to his co-conspirators who compensated Council in the form of, of course, Bitcoin.

據稱，理事會並未將信息本人發佈到SEC的Twitter帳戶中，而是進行了SIM卡交換，並將其餘的作品留給了他的同謀，他們以比特幣的形式對理事會進行了補償。

The price of the cryptocurrency rose by $1,000 after the fake announcement, according to the Justice Department, and fell by $2,000 after the SEC issued a correction.

據司法部稱，在虛假宣布之後，加密貨幣的價格上漲了1,000美元，在SEC發布更正後，加密貨幣的價格下跌了2,000美元。

That could have led to a big windfall depending on how much Bitcoin the perpetrators held at the time. Council faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced.

這可能導致大量意外收穫，具體取決於當時犯罪者的比特幣。理事會被判刑後，最高將面臨五年的監禁。

The Justice Department in its press release does not say whether or not it has identified the co-conspirators, but the investigation remains ongoing.

司法部在其新聞稿中沒有說明其是否已經確定了同謀，但調查仍在進行中。