Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking US Supreme Court, AmeriCorps, and Veterans Affairs Systems

A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to hacking the electronic filing system of the US Supreme Court, as well as accounts belonging to AmeriCorps and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The attacks resulted in the exfiltration of sensitive data, some of which was later leaked on Instagram. The methods used included social engineering techniques and the exploitation of unspecified vulnerabilities. The incident led to data breaches within the affected federal agencies, though no further details were provided about the extent of the compromised information. No exact dates for the attacks were mentioned.