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Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, now both 34, had been in trouble before. Back in 2015, the brothers pled guilty in Virginia to a scheme involving wire fraud and computers. Muneeb was sentenced to three years in prison, while Sohaib got two.

After their stints in jail, the brothers worked their way back into the tech world. In 2023, Muneeb got a job with a Washington, DC, firm that sold software and services to 45 federal clients; Sohaib got a job at the same company a year later.

Meanwhile I can't get an interview for jobs paying less than my current salary. What's their secret?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

What's their secret?

Not being tethered to honesty, probably.