What were Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter accused of doing?

They are accused of conspiring to delete U.S. government databases and stealing sensitive information after their termination as federal contractors.

What government agencies were affected by the Akhter brothers' alleged actions?

The IRS, General Services Administration, and Department of Homeland Security databases were reportedly affected, along with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Twin Engineers Accused of Wiping Gov Data

Q: Have the Akhter brothers been in trouble before?

Yes, they pleaded guilty in 2015 to federal conspiracy charges related to data breaches and served prison time.

4 Dec

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Summary

Twin brothers arrested for allegedly deleting government databases.
They previously pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2015.
Muneeb Akhter allegedly used AI to learn how to clear logs.

Twin Engineers Accused of Wiping Gov Data

Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, aged 34, have been indicted by the Justice Department for their alleged roles in deleting government databases hosted by a federal contractor. This latest action follows reports from May detailing their alleged compromise of data across multiple agencies. The brothers had previously pleaded guilty in 2015 to federal conspiracy charges related to data breaches at the State Department and a cosmetics company, serving multiple years in prison.

Following their employment as engineers for Opexus, a federal contractor, the Akhters were terminated. Subsequently, they allegedly accessed computers without authorization, issued commands to prevent modifications, deleted databases, stole information, and destroyed evidence. In February, Muneeb Akhter purportedly deleted nearly 100 databases containing U.S. government information, including Freedom of Information Act records and sensitive investigative files.