Cybercrime Prison Sentence for Man Involved in SEC X Account Hack Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to prison for hacking SEC’s official X account and publishing fraudulent posts increasing Bitcoin value. Ionut ArghireMay 19, 2025
Cybercrime US Hasn’t Determined Who Was Behind Cyberattack That Caused Outage on Musk’s X US officials have not determined who was behind an apparent cyberattack on the social media site X that limited access to the platform for... Associated PressMarch 12, 2025
Network Security Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack Information is coming to light on the cyberattack that caused X outages, but it should be taken with a pinch of salt. Eduard KovacsMarch 11, 2025
Network Security Elon Musk Claims X Being Targeted in ‘Massive Cyberattack’ as Service Goes Down Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform X was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack" that impacted availability. Associated PressMarch 10, 2025
Cybercrime Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking SEC’s X Account Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty to hacking the X (formerly Twitter) account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Ionut ArghireFebruary 11, 2025
Cybercrime Alabama Man Arrested in SEC Social Media Account Hack That Led the Price of Bitcoin to Spike An Alabama man has been arrested over his role in the hacking of the SEC's X account, which led to a Bitcoin price spike. Associated PressOctober 18, 2024
Cybercrime X Releases Its First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Social media platform X published its first transparency report since the company was purchased by Elon Musk. Associated PressSeptember 26, 2024
Cyberwarfare Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview Elon Musk says a cyberattack impacted a livestream interview with US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media platform. SecurityWeek NewsAugust 13, 2024
Cybercrime Hacked Mandiant X Account Abused for Cryptocurrency Theft Mandiant’s account on X, formerly Twitter, was hacked and used to lure users to a cryptocurrency phishing site. Eduard KovacsJanuary 4, 2024