Virginia brothers charged with hacking, deleting federal databases holding FOIA info Twin brothers from Virginia previously convicted of cybercrimes have been arrested for allegedly hacking into U.S. government databases and deleting troves of information. Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, are facing years in prison after allegedly abusing their roles as federal contractors to delete about 96 databases storing U.S. government information in February. The Department of Justice said they were arrested on Wednesday. According to an indictment filed on November 13, the two were fired from their jobs on February 18 and sought to harm their employer by deleting databases containing “records and documents related to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) matters administered by federal government…