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Muneeb Akhter

Coverage of Muneeb Akhter in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: May 8 · 17:10 UTCMost recent: May 14 · 21:02 UTC
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Sohaib Akhterperson2US governmentorganization2Opexusorganization1Arlington, Virginiaplace1Microsoft Teamstopic1Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionorganization1Justice Departmentorganization1Department of Homeland Security (DHS)organization1Internal Revenue Service (IRS)organization1
Recent coverage
  • SECURITYMay 14 · 21:02 UTCARS TECHNICA
    Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes

    Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter were fired by federal IT contractor Opexus and then deleted 96 US government databases, capturing their own crimes on a Microsoft Teams recording. The brothers had previously been in prison for cyberfraud. They are now in serious trouble for their actions.

  • SECURITYMay 8 · 17:10 UTCTHE REGISTER
    Disgraced US gov software contractor found guilty of database destruction

    Sohaib Akhter was found guilty of deleting approximately 96 databases containing US government data after he and his twin brother Muneeb Akhter were fired from their jobs at a software supplier to the US government. The brothers allegedly worked together to access an account and delete the databases. They face decades in prison for their involvement in the scheme.

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