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Eric Council Jr., the SIM swap hacker who helped compromise the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account last year, made $50,000 performing similar attacks and even searched how to tell if the FBI is investigating him, recent filings show. The recent filing was part of the prosecutor’s request to sentence him to two years in prison over his role in the hack, which saw the SEC X account publish a false announcement that a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund was approved, shaking up the markets.  Council searched: “How can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI” and “How long does it take to delete Telegram account,” US prosecutors discovered following a search warrant of his house, car and devices last June, according to a May 12 court filing. While Council’s Telegram chats were set up to be removed after two weeks, US prosecutors still found chats of Council discussing SIM swaps with others believed to be located overseas. Council also admitted to law enforcement that he received around $50,000 for performing SIM swaps for clients between January to June 2024. He advertised himself as a SIM swapping expert on Telegram under the username easymunny, offering services for payment between $1,200 and $1,500. How Eric Council Jr. pulled the hack off, then got caught Council executed the SIM swap by creating fake identity documents to specifically impersonate someone that his co-conspirators identified as having access to the SEC’s X account. These fake documents were then used to trick a staff worker at telecommunications firm AT&T into reassigning the victim’s phone number to Council’s SIM card.  Council inside an AT&T Store on Jan. 9, 2024. Source: US Government Council had to share the last four digits of the victim’s Social Security number and driver’s license to effectuate the…

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