{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001868419-26-000046","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CYCU","cik":"0001868419","company_name":"Cycurion, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-30T21:11:55+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T21:14:00.208500+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:10:10.025221+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"litigation","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.45,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.45,"confidence":"high","headline":"Cycurion resolves John Doe defamation suit; defendant retracts fraud claims, barred from trading stock","bullets":["Board member Emmit McHenry resigned effective Sept 24, 2026, immediately upon the Company's receipt of his resignation letter; no replacement was named.","Cycurion resolved the John Doe defamation action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; defendant admitted the fraud and securities-violation accusations were false.","Defendant signed a retraction and apology, is permanently barred from trading CYCU securities or publishing commentary, and must cooperate on short-selling and naked short-selling inquiries.","Parties will file a stipulated dismissal with prejudice; a confession of judgment held in escrow gives immediate remedies for breach; confidential payment terms were not disclosed.","CEO L. Kevin Kelly said the resolution is limited to the John Doe case and that separate previously disclosed legal matters remain pending."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868419-26-000046","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868419-26-000046.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868419-26-000046.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868419-26-000046.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868419/000186841926000046/0001868419-26-000046-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868419/000186841926000046/cycu-20260924.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:10:10.025221+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}