Man pleaded guilty in a hacker on SEC X account, which claims to have approved Bitcoin ETFS | Real Time Headlines

An Alabama plea in federal court on Monday to a January 2024 related crime hacker of Securities and Exchange CommissionSX account, used to incorrectly claim that the SEC has been approved Exchange-traded funds for Bitcoin.

The 25-year-old man Eric ParliamentAccording to the Justice Department, the Justice Department admitted to conspiring with others who control the SEC X account.

Hackers priced over $1,000 after a fake tweet on January 9, 2024. The SEC quickly restored control of its X account and announced that the tweet was wrong, dropping the price of the cryptocurrency by more than $2,000 per bitcoin.

Hacker attacks occur when the SEC considers approving ETFs containing cryptocurrencies. The day after the hack, the agency approved the rules that allowed the creation of Bitcoin ETFs.

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