A Springfield, Tennessee resident, Nicholas Moore, is anticipated to enter a guilty plea regarding multiple unauthorized accesses to the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic filing system. Prosecutors allege that between August and October 2023, Moore, 24, unlawfully accessed a protected computer on 25 separate days, obtaining undisclosed information.
The guilty plea is scheduled to be made via video link on Friday. As of now, officials from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have not disclosed further details about the specific information accessed or the methods used in the hacking incident. The U.S. Department of Justice has also not provided additional comments regarding the matter.
This incident draws attention to ongoing cybersecurity issues within U.S. court systems, which have faced breaches in recent years. In response to previous attacks, including one attributed to Russian hackers, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced enhanced cybersecurity measures in August.