A hacker posted the personal data of several victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according to court documents. Last week, 24-year-old Nicholas Moore of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system. While initial reports confirmed the guilty plea, the specific details of his crimes were not yet public.
A newly filed document, first spotted on Friday, revealed further information. Moore hacked not only Supreme Court systems, but also the network of AmeriCorps, a government agency that runs stipend volunteer programs, and the systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides healthcare and welfare to military veterans.
Moore accessed these systems using stolen credentials from authorized users. After gaining access to the victims’ accounts, he stole their personal data and posted some of it online to his Instagram account.
In the case of a Supreme Court victim, identified as GS, Moore posted the individual’s name and current and past electronic filing records. For an AmeriCorps victim, identified as SM, Moore boasted of accessing the organization’s servers and published 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 his social security number.
Regarding a victim at the Department of Veterans Affairs, identified as HW, Moore posted identifiable health information. He sent an associate a screenshot from HW’s MyHealtheVet account that identified HW and showed the medications he had been prescribed.
According to the court document, Moore faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum fine of one hundred thousand dollars.