Key Facts

• Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter are 34-year-old twin brothers employed by Opexus, a federal IT contractor.
• After being fired in 2024, they deleted 96 U.S. government databases within an hour.
• The brothers had a history of cyber fraud and had previously been in prison for it.
• They left a detailed recorded transcript of their actions because a Microsoft Teams meeting stayed recording after their firing.
• The recording captured their conversation as they planned and executed the deletion and discussed possible payoffs.
• The government had no need for secret surveillance; the evidence was gathered from the brothers' own mistake.
• The recordings came from a meeting that started with HR firing them, but continued without HR present.
• The brothers were living together in Arlington, Virginia, and communicated verbally during the deletion spree.