1. US Government Contractor Sohaib Akhter Convicted of Destroying 96 Federal Databases in Retaliation Scheme
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...