Whistleblower Alleges IBM and AT&T Concealed Foreign Cyber Hacks to Secure Federal Contracts

A former IBM cybersecurity official has filed a lawsuit alleging that International Business Machines Corp. and AT&T Inc.'s computer systems were repeatedly breached by foreign hackers, and the companies unlawfully concealed these intrusions from the U.S. government. The whistleblower claims the companies made false assurances about system security to win and retain federal contracts, with the breaches allegedly impacting massive IBM cloud computing infrastructure used by the U.S. government.