---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:10:10.025221+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cycurion resolves John Doe defamation suit; defendant retracts fraud claims, barred from trading stock

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- 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

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