Nicholas Moore, a 24-year-old who used the Instagram handle “ihackedthegovernment,” has pleaded guilty to hacking into several United States government systems. What makes this case unusual is that Moore didn’t just break into these platforms; he documented everything on social media for the public to see.
According to Dexerto, court documents show that Moore illegally accessed systems connected to the Department of Veterans Affairs, AmeriCorps, and the US Supreme Court. He broke into the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system at least 25 times over a two-month period in 2023, sometimes logging in multiple times in a single day. He got in by using stolen usernames and passwords.
