A former IBM cybersecurity official has filed a lawsuit accusing IBM and AT&T of concealing foreign government-backed hacks from the US government. The whistleblower, William Barlow, alleges that the companies made false assurances about their system security to secure federal contracts. The lawsuit, filed in 2020 and recently unsealed after the government declined to intervene, claims that massive IBM cloud infrastructure, operated by AT&T for the government, was repeatedly breached. AI
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RANK_REASON A lawsuit alleging concealment of foreign hacks by major government contractors constitutes significant news regarding policy and safety. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]
- AT&T
- Chinese government-backed hackers
- foreign hackers
- IBM
- US Department of Justice
- US government
- William Barlow
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