Security News > 2025 > May > SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars

Proving yet again that crims are bad at search hygiene An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC's official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release.…

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