阿拉巴马州男子因 SEC X 账户黑客攻击而被捕，导致比特币价格飙升

美国哥伦比亚特区检察官办公室周四在一份声明中表示，小埃里克·康瑟尔 (Eric Council Jr.) 于周四上午因与黑客攻击有关而被捕。

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.

检察官称，周四，一名 25 岁的阿拉巴马州男子因今年早些时候入侵美国证券交易委员会的 X 账户而被捕，该账户涉嫌操纵比特币价格。

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，一名黑客在 SEC 的 @SECGov X 账户上发布虚假消息，宣布该机构已批准比特币交易所交易基金，导致加密货币价格飙升。该机构很快否认并删除了该帖子。

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.

这一事件引发了对美国最高市场监管机构 SEC 的批评，并重新引发了人们对社交媒体平台 X 自 2022 年 10 月被亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克收购以来的安全担忧。

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.

美国哥伦比亚特区检察官办公室周四在一份声明中表示，阿拉巴马州雅典市的埃里克·康瑟尔·小 (Eric Council Jr.) 于周四上午因与黑客攻击有关而被捕。市议会的律师没有立即回应置评请求。

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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.

联邦检察官称，该委员会协助未透露姓名的同谋，他们发现一名受害者有权访问 SEC 的 X 帐户（称为“CL”）。他们指导委员会如何将受害者的手机切换到新设备，然后利用该访问权限发布虚假信息SEC 的 X 帐户上的消息。

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 上的帖子导致比特币价格飙升 1,000 美元。据司法部称，市议会随后收到了 SIM 卡更换的比特币付款，不久之后他就开车前往阿拉巴马州伯明翰归还了 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.

检察官称，该委员会随后在互联网上搜索了诸如“FBI 正在追捕你的迹象”等短语，并查找有关删除加密消息应用程序 Telegram 上维护的帐户的信息。

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

美国证券交易委员会没有立即回应对周四逮捕发表评论的请求。

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

根据起诉书，该委员会被指控串谋实施严重身份盗窃和访问设备欺诈。

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

黑客攻击后的第二天，美国证券交易委员会正式批准了比特币 ETF，这使加密货币进一步成为主流。