According to court documents, a hacker posted personal data of several hacking victims on his Instagram account @ihackthegovernment.
Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system. At the time, the specific nature of the hacking crime to which Moore had admitted was not disclosed.
Newly filled out documents first discovered by forensic monitor Seamus Hughes on Friday revealed further details about Mr Moore’s hack. In addition to the Supreme Court’s systems, Moore hacked into the networks of AmeriCorps, a government agency that runs scholarship volunteer programs, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care and benefits to veterans, according to the filing.
Mr. Moore accessed these systems using the stolen credentials of users who had been granted access. Once Moore gained access to the victims’ accounts, he accessed and stole their personal data, which he posted online to his Instagram account @ihackthegovernment.
In the case of Supreme Court victims identified as GS, Moore posted their names and “current and past electronic filing records.”
In the case of an AmeriCorps victim identified as SM, Moore boasted that he had access to the organization’s servers and released the victim’s “name, date of birth, email address, home address, phone number, citizenship status, veteran status, employment history, and last four digits of Social Security number.”
And in the case of the Veterans Affairs victim, identified as HW, Moore posted the victim’s identifiable health information “when he identified HW and sent a screenshot of HW’s MyHealtheVet account showing the prescribed medication to a colleague.”
Moore faces up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, according to court documents.
