A 24-year-old individual from Tennessee is set to admit to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization, as reported by TechCrunch. Nicholas Moore, a resident of Springfield, Tennessee, allegedly accessed the system unlawfully on 25 different days between August and October 2023, obtaining information from a protected computer. The specifics of the accessed information and the method used remain undisclosed at this time. Moore is expected to plead guilty via video link in court on Friday.
Prosecutors have not revealed further details beyond what has been publicly disclosed. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, responsible for the charges against Moore, declined to provide additional information. Similarly, the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to inquiries from TechCrunch.
This incident adds to a series of cybersecurity breaches targeting U.S. court systems in recent years. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced heightened cybersecurity measures following a cyberattack on its electronic court records system in August, attributed to hackers linked to the Russian government.
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Source: TechCrunch