The Office · 2026-05-08 10:24:50 · BleepingComputer Echo RSS
A 34-year-old Virginia man has been convicted for conspiring to destroy dozens of government databases in a retaliatory cyberattack following his dismissal from a federal contracting position. The conviction exposes a stark insider threat vulnerability: a single disgruntled contractor with privileged access was able to...
The Lab · 2026-05-08 18:54:51 · The Register
A Virginia jury has convicted Sohaib Akhter, a former software contractor for the US government, on charges tied to the systematic deletion of approximately 96 databases containing federal data—a breach prosecutors say unfolded just days before he and his twin brother were terminated from their positions. Akhter now fa...
The Office · 2026-05-13 12:48:20 · r/sysadmin
A pair of IT contractors in the United States face serious accusations after allegedly wiping 96 databases containing government information within minutes of being fired from their shared position. The Akhter brothers, who had prior criminal convictions, reportedly acted before their digital credentials were revoked—a...