Plea in federal court
A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Friday to repeatedly hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s filing system, according to court records. Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C.
Moore admitted that he used stolen credentials to access the Supreme Court’s filing system on 25 different days in 2023, the filing said. The case involved more than two dozen attempts to hack the system, court records showed.
Accessing records and posting online
Court records say Moore accessed personal records belonging to the person whose credentials he used. The filing also said Moore posted information about that person on an Instagram account using the handle “@ihackedthegovernment.”
Moore also admitted he illegally accessed records from AmeriCorps’ computer servers. In addition, he pleaded guilty to using stolen credentials to access a user’s personal information from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “MyHealtheVet” platform, involving a U.S. Marine Corps veteran’s account.
Screenshots from multiple federal systems
According to the court filing, Moore posted screenshots of information he accessed from both AmeriCorps’ systems and the “MyHealtheVet” platform on the same Instagram account. The admissions were part of the guilty plea entered in the federal case in Washington.
Charge and sentencing
Moore pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of computer fraud. The maximum prison sentence for that misdemeanor count is one year, according to the court records described by AP.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Moore last week. Judge Howell is scheduled to sentence Moore on April 17.