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Nuclear Weapons Engineer Sentenced for Orchestrating 15-Year Kickback Scheme

02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST

A Kansas man was sentenced yesterday to 29 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently steer and award subcontracts by a major engineering firm for work on nuclear weapons manufacturing projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC).

Romanian National Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to Networks of Oregon State Government Office and Other U.S. Victims

02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST

Yesterday, a Romanian national pleaded guilty in connection with an online intrusion into an Oregon state government office in 2021 and other cyber attacks on U.S. victims.

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