A hacker posted the personal data of several of the hacking victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according to a court document.
Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the US Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system. At the time, there were no details on the specifics of the hacking crimes Moore admitted to.
on Friday, a newly completed document — spotted first Court Watch’s Seamus Hughes — revealed more details about Moore’s hacks. According to the filing, Moore breached not only the Supreme Court’s systems, but also the network of AmeriCorps, a government agency that runs volunteer grant programs, and the systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care and welfare to military veterans.
Moore accessed these systems using stolen credentials of users authorized to access them. Once he gained access to these victims’ accounts, Moore accessed and stole their personal data and posted some online on his Instagram account: @ihackthegovernment.
In the case of the Supreme Court victim, identified as GS, Moore released his name and “current and previous electronic deposition records.”
In the case of the AmeriCorps victim, identified as SM, Moore boasted that he had access to the agency’s servers and released the victim’s “name, date of birth, email address, home address, phone number, citizenship status, veteran status, service history and the last four digits of the victim’s social security number.”
And, in the case of the victim at the Department of Veterans Affairs, identified as HW, Moore released the victim’s identifiable health information “when he sent an associate a screenshot of HW’s MyHealtheVet account that identified HW and showed his prescription medications.”
According to the court document, Moore faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000.
