Two Virginia Men Arrested for Conspiring to Destroy Government Databases | United States Department of Justice https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-virginia-men-arrested-conspiring-destroy-government-databases?is=7954b7f440cecfd9b9243ddbaab5414f1d380add504b8c010e47738f0c1bfbda "According to court documents, brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, of Alexandria, Virginia, were indicted on Nov. 13 for conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information. Both men were federal contractors. Following the termination of their employment, the brothers allegedly sought to harm the company and its U.S. government customers by accessing computers without authorization, issuing commands to prevent others from modifying the databases before deletion, deleting databases, stealing information, and destroying evidence of their unlawful activities."