A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to hacking into the electronic filing system of the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as accounts at AmeriCorps and the Veterans Administration Health System. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Nicholas Moore, 24, from Springfield, Tennessee, admitted guilt in U.S. District Court to one count of fraud activity involving computers, which is classified as a Class A misdemeanor. He faces up to one year in prison and a possible fine of $100,000 when he is sentenced by Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 17.
Court documents indicate that Moore accessed the Supreme Court’s restricted electronic filing system without authorization between August 29 and October 22, 2023. Using stolen credentials from an authorized user, he entered the system on at least 25 different days and sometimes returned multiple times within a single day.
Moore posted screenshots on his Instagram account @ihackedthegovernment that displayed details from his victim’s Supreme Court filing system account, including names and other information.
He also used stolen credentials belonging to an authorized MyAmeriCorps user to access another victim’s AmeriCorps account between August 17 and October 13, 2023. During this period, Moore obtained personal information from AmeriCorps servers and later posted that information on his Instagram account.
Additionally, Moore accessed the Department of Veterans Affairs “MyHealthEVet” platform using login credentials belonging to a U.S. Marine Corps veteran on five separate days between September 14 and October 14, 2023. This allowed him to view private health data such as prescribed medications and other sensitive details. He then shared this health information publicly on Instagram while boasting about breaching VA servers.
The investigation was conducted by the Supreme Court of the United States Police – Protective Intelligence Unit and the FBI Washington Field Office with support from both the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General and the AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Borchert and Rami Sibay for the District of Columbia are prosecuting this case.
“Moore pleaded guilty to a one count information charging him with fraud activity in connection with computers, a Class A misdemeanor. Moore is eligible for up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 when he is sentenced by Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 17.”