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The FBI has arrested an Alabama man who allegedly hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X (formerly Twitter) account in order to post erroneous information about Bitcoin that briefly drove the price of the cryptocurrency up by $1,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia says Eric Council Jr. received personally identifying

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A 25-year-old man from Athens, Alabama was arrested by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account in January. According to an Oct. 17 statement, Eric Council Jr. was taken into custody following charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two businessmen, alongside a Canada-based nurse, for their involvement in cocaine and cannabis trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. This arrest is part of a broader crackdown on drug smuggling activities across the country, with NDLEA intercepting over N7 billion worth of

European police have shut down an encrypted messaging service used by thousands of people including members of organised crime groups. A joint operation led by Dutch and German police has led to more than 45 arrests following a multi-country probe into the Exclu encrypted messaging service. Police covertly read decrypted communications on the app for

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested the Executive Director, Operations and Technical of Tantita Limited, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, Global Upfront News has reported. Enisuoh is said to be is one of the intelligence officers prosecuting the war against oil theft in the Niger Delta region...

Source: AdobeStock / maykalAnatoly Legkodymov, the Russian founder of Hong Kong-registered crypto exchange Bitzlato, has been arrested by US authorities for allegedly processing $700 million in illicit funds. In a January 18 filing, the U.S. Department of Justice said Legkodymov was arrested in Miami on Tuesday on charges that he run the exchange as an unregistered money-transmitting business