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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 21, 2026

A Tennessee man pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic case filing system and other federal platforms, according to The Tennessean. Nicholas Moore of Springfield pleaded guilty to one count of fraud activity in connection with computers, a Class A misdemeanor, after stealing login credentials from three individuals. According to the paper, he accessed the court’s filing system, AmeriCorps’ internal member portal and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical platform. Prosecutors said Moore accessed the systems repeatedly between August and October 2023 and posted screenshots of the compromised information to an Instagram account under the handle “ihackedthegovernment.” Moore faces up to one year in federal prison and a fine of up to $100,000. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 17.