The United States will present a plea agreement to a hacker suspected of hacking into SEC X accounts to identify their accomplices

According to Bloomberg, US federal prosecutors plan to present a plea agreement to an Alabama man who is accused of participating in the January hacking attack on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account and posting a false social media post about approving the first Bitcoin spot ETF. We will present a plea agreement, but we don't know if he will accept it, "the US prosecutor told the judge during a hearing in Washington federal court on Friday Eric Council Jr., 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to exacerbate identity theft and fraud using access devices during the hearing. The cooperation of the Council may help prosecutors track down their accomplices in this case. It is reported that these conspirators used stolen personal information of an SEC employee to gain access to the agency's account. The prosecutor claimed that the Council was suspected of forging identity cards and defrauding the trust of a local mobile phone store employee, who helped him obtain the victim's phone. Subsequently, the conspirators who initially identified the victims and directed the Council's actions breached the security measures of X account and posted the false tweet.