Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake”

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According to a government court filing, “Moore knowingly accessed the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization using the stolen credentials of an authorized user (‘GS’) on 25 separate days, sometimes returning to the site multiple times in the same day.” Moore used the access to obtain the GS’s full name, email address, phone number, home address, date of birth, and private answers the person gave to three security questions.

“On July 29, August 18, and November 28, 2023, Moore publicly posted on his Instagram account, using the handle ‘@ihackedthegovernment’, screenshots of GS’s home page on the Supreme Court electronic filing system. The screenshots clearly showed the public the GS’s name and a list of all of GS’s current and past electronic filing records.”

Moore similarly used stolen credentials to access an individual’s My AmeriCorps account. He publicly posted a My AmeriCorps user’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, the government said.

Moore posted Marine veteran’s personal information

Moore is also said to have used the stolen login credentials of a U.S. Marine Corps veteran identified as “HW” to access the Department of Veterans Affairs’ ‘My HealthVet’ platform on five separate days. They obtained HW’s personal information, including prescribed medications and blood type.

“On October 13, 2023, Moore disclosed HW’s personally identifying health information when he sent an associate a screenshot from HW’s MyHealtheVet account, which identified HW and showed him prescribed medications,” the government said. Moore then used his Instagram account to publicly post “HW’s personal information, including his full name, home address, service branch, email address, phone number, and blood type.”



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