小埃里克议会（Eric Council Jr.

来自阿拉巴马州的26岁的埃里克议会（Eric Council Jr.

A 26-year-old Alabama man, Eric Council Jr., has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Twitter account and posting a fraudulent announcement about Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), causing a temporary $1,000 spike in Bitcoin's price. The sentence, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, follows Council’s guilty plea in November 2025 to a conspiracy charge.

一名26岁的阿拉巴马州男子小埃里克议会（Eric Council Jr.美国检察官办公室纽约南部地区宣布的这一判决是在2025年11月委员会的有罪认罪之后的判决。

Council, also known as “Ronin,” “Easymunny,” and “AGiantSchnauzer” online, was a key figure in the January 2024 hack, which unfolded after Council and his co-conspirators began collecting information on an SEC employee who had access to the @SECGov account.

理事会也被称为“ Ronin”，“ Easymunny”和“ Agiantschnauzer”在线，是2024年1月HACK的关键人物，该人在理事会和他的同谋开始收集有关访问@Secgov帐户的SEC雇员的信息之后展开。

Using a portable ID printer purchased on eBay, Council created a fake driver’s license and impersonated the employee at an AT&T store in Huntsville, Alabama, to obtain a SIM card that was illegally linked to the victim’s phone.

理事会使用在eBay上购买的便携式ID打印机，在阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔的AT＆T商店中设立了伪造的驾驶执照，并获得了与受害者电话非法链接的SIM卡。

Council later purchased an iPhone at an Apple Store and used it to receive password reset codes for the SEC’s Twitter account, which he shared with his accomplices to post the deceptive tweet. For his role, Council was paid approximately $50,000 in Bitcoin, which he later exchanged for cash.

理事会后来在Apple商店购买了iPhone，并用它来接收SEC Twitter帐户的密码重置代码，他与他的同伙分享了该iPhone，以发布欺骗性的推文。担任职务，理事会的比特币被支付了约50,000美元，后来他换了现金。

This case follows another major crypto crime case, where 12 individuals were indicted in a $263 million racketeering scheme involving computer intrusions, physical break-ins, and the theft of cryptocurrency.

此案是在另一个重大的加密犯罪案件之后进行的，该案涉及12个人，涉及一项涉及计算机入侵，身体闯入和盗窃加密货币的2.63亿美元的球拍计划。

The rapid advancement of cybercrime tactics, evident in recent breaches like the Coinbase data theft, where hackers bribed support agents, and the violent kidnappings of crypto millionaires in Europe, underscores the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures, ranging from two-factor authentication to advanced insider threat detection programs.

网络犯罪策略的快速发展，在最近的违规行为（例如Coinbase数据盗窃）中，黑客贿赂支持者以及欧洲加密百万富翁的暴力绑架，这强调了对强大的网络安全测量的关键需求，从两因素身份验证到先进的内部威胁性探测计划，包括强大的网络安全测量。

Council’s sentence is part of a broader effort to combat cryptocurrency fraud, which has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years.

理事会的判决是打击加密货币欺诈行为的更广泛努力的一部分，近年来，该欺诈行为变得越来越复杂。

As the use of cryptocurrencies continues to grow, so too does the ingenuity of scammers, posing a significant threat to individuals, institutions, and the broader cryptocurrency market.

随着加密货币的使用不断增长，骗子的创造力也会对个人，机构和更广泛的加密货币市场构成重大威胁。