一名阿拉巴马州男子因黑客入侵证券交易委员会的X帐户而被判处14个月监禁

一名阿拉巴马州的一名男子因侵犯了证券和交易委员会的X帐户而被判处14个月徒刑，并将控制权传递给了一个错误地声称该机构批准了现场比特币ETF的人。

An Alabama man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account and passing control to someone who used it to falsely claim the agency had approved spot Bitcoin ETFs.

一名阿拉巴马州男子因侵犯证券和交易委员会的X帐户而被判处14个月徒刑，并将控制权传递给了一个错误地声称该机构批准了现场比特币ETF的人。

Eric Council, 26, pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit identity theft. The identity in question belonged to an SEC employee called “C.L.” in court documents, who had access to the agency’s X account.

26岁的埃里克议会（Eric Council）于2月认罪，以串谋盗窃身份。所讨论的身份属于法院文件中的SEC雇员，称为“ CL”，他们可以访问该机构的X帐户。

Council admitted to posing as CL in order to take control of her phone number and, in turn, the SEC’s X account.

理事会承认为CL摆姿势，以控制她的电话号码，然后又是SEC的X帐户。

Using the account, Council’s unnamed partners announced in January 2024 the SEC had finally confirmed spot Bitcoin ETFs.

使用该帐户，理事会的未透露姓名合作伙伴于2024年1月宣布，SEC终于确认了现货比特币ETF。

Investors had long anticipated the approval, and the price of Bitcoin jumped about 2% immediately after the post was published. Bitcoin then fell 6% after it was revealed the post was fraudulent.

投资者长期以来一直期待获得批准，并且在发布该职位后，比特币的价格立即跃升了约2％。比特币被发现该职位是欺诈性的，然后下跌了6％。

“The SEC’s @SECGov X/Twitter account has been compromised,” a spokesperson told DL News at the time. “The unauthorised tweet regarding bitcoin ETFs was not made by the SEC or its staff.”

一位发言人当时对DL新闻说：“ SEC的@Secgov X/Twitter帐户已被妥协。” “关于比特币ETF的未经授权的推文不是由SEC或其员工制作的。”

The SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs less than 24 hours later. Nevertheless, the hack was considered a shocking breach of the US’ top financial regulator.

SEC不到24小时后批准了11个比特币ETF。尽管如此，该黑客被认为是对美国顶级金融监管机构的震惊。

According to court documents, Council ran an identity theft operation out of a home in the Alabama town of Athens, population 25,000.

根据法院文件，市议会在阿拉巴马州雅典的一所房屋中进行了身份盗窃行动，人口为25,000。

He gained access to the SEC’s X account on behalf of unnamed co-conspirators, who paid him $50,000 in Bitcoin “and other virtual currencies,” according to court documents.

根据法庭文件，他代表未命名的同谋者获得了SEC的X帐户的访问权，他们向他支付了50,000美元的比特币“和其他虚拟货币”。

On January 9, 20204, Council used a fake driver’s license featuring his own face and CL’s name to convince an AT&T employee in Huntsville, Alabama, to transfer CL’s phone number to a new SIM card.

20204年1月9日，市议会使用假驾驶执照，其脸部和CL的名字说服了阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔的AT＆T员工，将CL的电话号码转移到新的SIM卡中。

Using that phone number, Council began receiving messages meant for CL — including one featuring a password reset code for the SEC’s X account, which he sent to his partners.

使用该电话号码，理事会开始收到针对CL的消息，其中包括一份由SEC X帐户的密码重置代码，他发送给合作伙伴。

They used that code to gain access to the X account and published a post that would whipsaw crypto markets.

他们使用该代码来访问X帐户，并发表了一篇帖子，该帖子将鞭打加密市场。

“Today the SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges,” the SEC said on X.

SEC在X上说：“今天，SEC授予了#BitCoin ETF在所有注册的国家证券交易所上市。”

In October, federal agents arrested Council at his home in Athens, Alabama.

10月，联邦特工在他位于阿拉巴马州雅典的家中逮捕了理事会。

“Council and his co-conspirators used sophisticated cyber means to compromise the SEC’s X account and posted a false announcement that distorted important financial markets,” Matthew Galeotti, the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, said in a statement.

司法部刑事部门负责人马修·盖利奥蒂（Matthew Galeotti）在一份声明中说：“理事会和他的同谋使用复杂的网络手段妥协了SEC的X帐户，并发布了一项虚假的公告，扭曲了重要的金融市场。”

“Prosecuting those who seek to enrich themselves by threatening the integrity of digital assets through fraud is critical to protecting U.S. interests.”

“起诉那些试图通过欺诈威胁数字资产的完整性来丰富自己的人对于保护美国利益至关重要。”