cybersecurity cybercrime Microsoft Teams database sabotage Opexus cyberfraud Muneeb Akhter Sohaib Akhter federal IT contractor government databases

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 34-year-old twin brothers, became infamous not for their cybercrime expertise but for their sheer incompetence. Earlier this week, their case resurfaced after they left a Microsoft Teams call running during an hour-long spree of deleting 96 US government databases. The incident occurred just after both were fired by the same federal IT contractor, Opexus, which had discovered their prior convictions for cyberfraud.

The brothers, who lived together in Arlington, Virginia, were caught on audio discussing their actions in real time. Their conversation, later obtained by the government, revealed a series of bumbling attempts to cover their tracks—including asking AI for advice on how to evade detection. Their lack of sophistication earned them comparisons to "galumphing galoots" rather than mastermind cybercriminals.

One lingering question was how the government obtained a verbatim transcript of their conversation. Speculation ranged from supersecret software bugging to corporate spyware on their company laptops, but the truth was far simpler: the active Teams call recorded everything they said to each other during the deletion spree.

Opexus, the federal IT contractor, terminated the brothers after uncovering their criminal history. The twins had previously been imprisoned for cyberfraud, yet their attempts at sabotage following their dismissal demonstrated a reckless disregard for consequences. Their recorded conversation now serves as key evidence in the case against them.

Source: Ars Technica
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