阿拉巴马州男子对比特币ETF Hack中的身份盗用和访问装置欺诈认罪

小埃里克委员会（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.

一名阿拉巴马州的男子劫持了美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的Twitter帐户泵比特币，已对身份盗用和访问设备欺诈表示认罪。

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.

小埃里克委员会（Eric Council Jr.）以及他的同谋，使用他们未经授权的访问SEC的Twitter帐户的访问来发布虚假声明，声称该机构已批准了比特币交易所交易的资金。

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的当时主席Gary Gensler使用他的个人帐户来陈述该职位是错误的，比特币的价格迅速飙升，然后跌倒了。

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.

加密货币行业长期以来一直在大声疾呼发射比特币ETF，这实质上允许日常交易者在无需持有货币或通过专用的交易所购买货币的情况下对加密货币进行投资。

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.

它被认为是更安全的，因为ETF的投资者不必自己持有货币本身或冒着在所有常见的黑客中损失资金的风险。

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

奇怪的是，SEC确实批准了黑客之后的一天。

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.

根据司法部的说法，市议会使用称为SIM交换的攻击访问了SEC的帐户，其中犯罪者使用社会工程欺骗电话运营商的客户服务代表将个人的电话号码转移到新设备。

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，他们呼吁支持线，并使用有关他们在网上收集的受害者的个人信息，以说服代表他们是他们的目标人。

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.

一旦犯罪者拿走了这个数字并可以开始接收短信，他们就可以重置Twitter之类的服务上的帐户密码。从传统意义上讲，这并不是他们在软件中发现缺陷，而是利用人类信任的“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.

近年来，SIM卡交换已成为一个主要问题，臭名昭著地造成了2020年对Twitter的重大破坏，这使渗透者接管了奥巴马总统等主要人物的记载。

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.

同样，在这种情况下，犯罪者正在运行加密货币骗局。 SIM卡互换是劫持加密货币钱包的一种偏爱方法，该方法不受FDIC保险的保护。

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

一旦加密货币被盗，它们就非常困难（但不是不可能），使其成为欺诈的理想矢量。

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.

许多国际欺诈是使用比特币和系绳等加密货币进行的，因为它们没有触及传统的银行系统，该系统有更多的规定来监控洗钱和其他可疑活动。特朗普总统对加密货币的支持和对消费者金融保护局的审查不太可能改善局势。

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，对于像理事会这样的个人，所有比特币交易都登录了一个区块链供任何人看到，留下了一群面包屑，供调查人员找到。如果他确实用很多加密货币策划了，那将很难永远隐藏它。

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.

据称，理事会并未将信息本人发布到SEC的Twitter帐户中，而是进行了SIM卡交换，并将其余的作品留给了他的同谋，他们以比特币的形式对理事会进行了补偿。

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.

据司法部称，在虚假宣布之后，加密货币的价格上涨了1,000美元，在SEC发布更正后，加密货币的价格下跌了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.

这可能导致大量意外收获，具体取决于当时犯罪者的比特币。理事会被判刑后，最高将面临五年的监禁。

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

司法部在其新闻稿中没有说明其是否已经确定了同谋，但调查仍在进行中。