Former U.S. government contractor convicted of deleting 96 federal databases

Virginia man Sohaib Akhter was found guilty of conspiring to destroy dozens of U.S. government databases after being fired. According to court documents, Sohaib Akhter and his brother Muneeb Akhter wiped roughly 96 government databases within several hours in February 2025, including sensitive investigative documents from multiple federal agencies and Freedom of Information Act records.