ATLANTA, Ga. — It’s the United States of America vs. Georgia Tech after two whistleblowers took on the university.
They say that Tech failed to provide adequate security of sensitive government information, possibly even weapons information.
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Georgia Tech said it takes protection protocols very seriously in the interest of the U.S.
Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Sophia Choi spoke to the former and current employees, Christopher Craig and Kyle Koza, who said they tried to get the university to do the right thing, knowing the dangers of this kind of secret government information getting into the wrong hands.
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Instead, Craig and Koza said they got reprimanded and demoted.
Koza, who is an information security engineer, said he and Craig, a cybersecurity expert, were hired to protect cyber security research and possibly weapons research as cyber security assessors for the university.
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But they say Tech stopped them, lied to the government and put American lives in danger by not sticking to security protocols.
“It could be exposed to, you know, hostile nations,” Koza said.
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