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Federal prosecutors say Nicholas Moore, a 24-year-old from Springfield, Tennessee, is expected to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge tied to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic case/document filing system. Court documents allege Moore “intentionally accessed a computer without authorization” on 25 different days between August and October 2023, and obtained information from a protected computer; authorities have not publicly detailed what data was accessed or the method used. Moore is scheduled to appear and enter the plea via video in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The case is being reported amid broader concerns about compromises of U.S. judiciary electronic filing platforms. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has said it strengthened protections for sensitive case documents following escalated cyberattacks against its case management/records systems, and reporting has linked at least one major breach of federal court records infrastructure to Russian government-backed hackers. Prior defensive measures have included requiring certain sensitive filings to be submitted on paper to reduce exposure from electronic filing system intrusions.
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Moore is expected to enter a guilty plea by video link on the Friday following the reports, in connection with the misdemeanor charge over the Supreme Court filing system intrusion.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charged Moore in connection with the alleged unauthorized access to the Supreme Court’s electronic case filing system.
Prosecutors allege that Nicholas Moore, a 24-year-old from Springfield, Tennessee, intentionally accessed the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization on 25 different days and obtained information between August and October 2023.
After investigators found evidence of a Russian breach of the federal PACER court records system, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said it strengthened protections for sensitive case documents and other defenses.
Since January 2021, the Justice Department has required paper filing for sensitive cases to reduce risks associated with compromises of electronic court filing systems.
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A Tennessee man, **Nicholas Moore (24)**, pleaded guilty to repeatedly accessing the **U.S. Supreme Court’s restricted electronic filing system** using **stolen credentials**, and to compromising accounts tied to **AmeriCorps** and the **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)**. Prosecutors said Moore accessed the Supreme Court system at least **25 times** between August and October 2023, sometimes logging in multiple times per day with the same compromised credentials, and used the Instagram handle **@ihackedthegovernment** to post screenshots and details from victims’ accounts. Court filings and DOJ statements indicate Moore also used compromised **MyAmeriCorps** credentials to access a victim’s account multiple times and obtain personal data, and used stolen credentials to access a veteran’s **VA My HealtheVet** portal and expose private health information. Reporting notes the charge was a **computer fraud-related misdemeanor**, with potential penalties including up to **one year in prison** and a fine (reported as up to **$100,000**), with sentencing scheduled for April 2026.
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U.S. prosecutors said **Peter Williams**, a former executive at *Trenchant* (a hacking and surveillance tools unit of U.S. defense contractor **L3Harris**), stole and sold **eight hacking tools/exploits** to a **Russian company** that counts the Russian government among its customers. The Department of Justice said the sales **directly harmed the U.S. intelligence community** and that the tools could have been used to enable **indiscriminate government surveillance**, **cybercrime**, and **ransomware** at global scale, potentially affecting **millions of computers and devices**, including in the United States. Williams, an Australian national, pleaded guilty in October to trade secret theft tied to the sales, which prosecutors said generated **more than $1.3 million in cryptocurrency** between 2022 and 2025. Ahead of his expected Feb. 24 sentencing in Washington, D.C., prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum seeking **nine years in prison**, **three years of supervised release**, **$35 million in restitution**, and a **$250,000 fine**; the filing also indicates Williams is expected to be **deported to Australia** after serving his sentence, and notes he submitted a letter expressing regret.
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Federal prosecutors in Maryland indicted former hospital pharmacist Matthew Bathula over an alleged eight-year campaign of unauthorized computer access tied to a Maryland medical system, identified in court records as **Company A** and reported to be the University of Maryland Medical Center. Investigators allege Bathula abused his role as a pharmacy clinical specialist from July 2016 through September 2024 to steal usernames, passwords, authentication cookies, images, videos, and other sensitive data from nearly 200 victims connected to the health system. According to the indictment, Bathula used keyloggers, cookie theft tools, mailbox rules, file masquerading, and later spyware to maintain covert access to employee and affiliate accounts, including **Gmail**, **Microsoft 365**, **Google Photos**, **iCloud Photos**, social media, dating apps, and home security systems. Prosecutors say the activity enabled prolonged surveillance and, between February 2023 and July 2024, included covert video recording of victims without consent; the FBI said it identified and notified 195 victims nationwide within four months. Bathula faces two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft, with potential prison exposure of up to 17 years, while civil lawsuits by current and former employees allege negligence, negligent supervision, negligent security, and invasion of privacy.
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