Cyber Incident Victim: Supreme Court of the United States
Date:
Jan 2023
Location:
United States of America
Summary
A Tennessee man pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court's filing system using stolen credentials, illegally accessing the institution along with AmeriCorps servers and a Department of Veterans Affairs platform. The defendant admitted to repeatedly compromising these systems, extracting personal records from the credentials' owner and a Marine Corps veteran, and publicly posting the stolen information via an Instagram account under the handle "@ihackedthegovernment." He faces a misdemeanor computer fraud charge carrying a maximum one-year prison sentence.
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Description
Nicholas Moore, a 24-year-old resident of Springfield, Tennessee, engaged in unauthorized computer intrusions targeting multiple U.S. government systems between 2023 and his arrest. Court documents confirm Moore used stolen credentials to access the U.S. Supreme Court's filing system on 25 separate occasions during 2023. During these intrusions, he obtained personal records belonging to the individual whose credentials he compromised. Moore subsequently disclosed private information about this victim through an Instagram account bearing the handle "@ihackedthegovernment." The specific nature of the Supreme Court records accessed and the full extent of compromised data were not detailed in charging documents, though the filings indicate the system contained sensitive personal information.
On January 19, 2026, Moore pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., to one misdemeanor count of computer fraud under federal law. Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office revealed that Moore's illegal activities extended beyond the Supreme Court breach. He additionally admitted to using stolen credentials to access AmeriCorps computer servers and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran's account on the Department of Veterans Affairs' MyHealtheVet platform. Evidence showed Moore posted screenshots of information obtained from all three compromised systems—Supreme Court, AmeriCorps, and VA—to the same Instagram account. The plea agreement did not specify whether any classified information was accessed or whether the breaches caused operational disruptions to the affected agencies. Judge Howell scheduled sentencing for April 17, 2026, with the misdemeanor charge carrying a statutory maximum penalty of one year in prison.