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Opexus

Coverage of Opexus in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: May 14 · 21:02 UTCMost recent: Aug 11 · 09:00 UTC
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Alex Bandoniperson1ProPublicaorganization1Office of Personnel Managementorganization1Elon Muskperson1Department of Government Efficiencyorganization1Freedom of Information Acttopic1Muneeb Akhterperson1Sohaib Akhterperson1US governmentorganization1Arlington, Virginiaplace1Microsoft Teamstopic1
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  • POLITICSAug 11 · 09:00 UTCPROPUBLICA
    Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?

    Filing Freedom of Information Act requests has become an increasingly difficult and chaotic process at agencies like OPM following staff cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in early 2025. This reduction in information specialists has caused massive backlogs, with the average processing time for simple requests more than doubling. The author notes that routine document requests now involve navigating abandoned email inboxes and changing web portals.

  • 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.