The Department of Justice announced that a government defense contractor, Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC), agreed to pay the United States $875,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to meet cybersecurity requirements under its research contracts. GTRC allegedly violated the False Claims Act (FCA) for research performed at the affiliated Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). GTRC contracts include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by Christopher Craig and Kyle Koza, former members of Georgia Tech’s Cybersecurity Team, under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the FCA. The qui tam provision permits private persons to bring a lawsuit on…more
Source whistleblowersblog.org
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