The US Department of Justice, Georgia Tech Research Corp., and Georgia Institute of Technology reached an $875,000 settlement in a False Claims Act suit alleging cybersecurity fraud, the US Department of Justice said Tuesday.
The settlement resolves allegations that the defendants failed to install, update, or run anti-virus or anti-malware tools on desktops, laptops, servers, and networks at Georgia Tech’s Astrolavos Lab, while the lab conducted sensitive cyber-defense research for the US Department of Defense, the announcement said. The parties told the court on May 28 that they reached a tentative settlement following mediation.
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