DoJ's Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative put another feather in its cap with a new $8.5 million False Claims Act settlement with Raytheon.
Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED
May 1, 2025 7:09 pm
4 min read
While much of the cybersecurity community’s attention was out west at the annual RSA Conference, the Justice Department announced yet another settlement in its pursuit of contractors who falsely attest to meeting cybersecurity requirements.
DoJ announced today that Raytheon Company, RTX Corporation and Nightwing Group have agreed to pay $8.3 million to settle allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by falling short of contractually mandated cybersecurity standards.
RTX sold its cybersecurity, intelligence and services business to Nightwing in 2024. DoJ’s case centered on conduct between 2015 and 2021, prior to the acquisition.
The case is another feather in the cap for DoJ’s Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative. Started under the Biden administration, the goal of the initiative is to enforce cybersecurity requirements that many contractors had been ignoring through the False Claims Act.
“As cyber threats continue to evolve, it is critical that defense contractors take the required steps to protect sensitive government information from bad actors,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Yaakov Roth of the Justice Department’s Civil Division said in a press release. “We will continue our efforts to hold contractors accountable when they fail to honor their DoD cybersecurity...
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