ILC agrees to pay $13 million over alleged cybersecurity contract failures
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ILC, which covers ILC Dover and ILC Astrospace, agreed to pay $13 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations from the Army, Missile Defense Agency and NASA. The government says ILC knowingly submitted claims while not meeting contract cybersecurity requirements from 2018 to 2024, including storing sensitive data in the cloud with a third party without proper safeguards and failing to maintain required security plans. The whistleblower, a former director of cybersecurity, will receive $2.35 million.
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What to do
- Contractors handling federal data should check that third-party cloud storage meets their contractual security requirements.
- Organisations with government contracts should confirm that security plans are current for all covered information systems.
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Government agencies