A Man Says IBM Hid Hacker Problems
A man says IBM has big problems. The man is William Barlow. He worked for IBM. He says hackers got into IBM. The hackers were from China. They got in many times. IBM did not tell people. IBM hid the problems. The problems started in 2013. They ended in 2016. The hackers took data. IBM did not tell the government. IBM is a big company. It sells security to the US government. The man says IBM did not tell the truth. He is very angry. He has a lawyer. The lawyer says IBM has problems. IBM says it is not wrong. A spokesperson for IBM says the company did the right thing. The US government looked at the case. It did not take action. The man says IBM had more problems. Two other IBM companies had hackers too. One company is Trusteer. Another company is Truven. The man says IBM did not check the problems. The man wants the court to help. The news is from a lawsuit. The lawsuit is from 2020. A judge opened the lawsuit this week. The man says the hackers were very active. They got into many computers. They got into 400 accounts. They got into 200 systems. The hackers were from a group. The group is APT 10. The FBI knows about this group. The man says IBM knew about the hackers. But IBM did not stop them. IBM did not keep logs. Logs show who uses the network. This is a basic security step. The man says this is a big problem.
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A Man Says IBM Hid Hacker Problems
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