A resident of Springfield, Tennessee, is expected to plead guilty to hacking the US Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months.
Prosecutors said between August and October 2023, Nicholas Moore, 24, “intentionally accessed computers without authorization on 25 different days and thereby obtained information from protected computers,” according to court documents.
As of this writing, there are no further details on exactly what information Moore accessed, or how he accessed it. Moore is scheduled to plead guilty in court by video link on Friday.
When reached, a spokesperson for the US District Court for the District of Columbia, which brought the charges against Moore, told TechCrunch that prosecutors could not provide any other information that has not been made public.
A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for more information on the case.
Moore’s attorney, Eugene Ohm, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Case first seen by Court Watch Seamus Hughesresearchers and journalists who monitor court documents.
This is one of the few occasions in recent years when hackers have compromised the US court system. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which oversees federal courts, said in August strengthen cybersecurity defenses following a cyber attack on an electronic court record system.
Hackers work for the Russian government blamed for the offense.
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