BOSTON, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC is pleased to announce that the United States has settled a False Claims Act case brought by one of its clients.
Under the terms of the settlement, ILC Dover and ILC Astrospace, manufacturers of spacesuits and protective equipment for NASA and the U.S. Army, will pay $13 million to resolve allegations that the companies made false representations concerning compliance with required cybersecurity controls for safeguarding sensitive government information. This settlement represents the largest government cybersecurity fraud recovery to date under the Department of Justice Civil Cybersecurity Fraud program, which was first announced in October 2021.
ILC Dover, based in Frederica, Delaware, is a special engineering and manufacturing company working in the aerospace, medical device, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical markets. ILC Dover is known for making space suits for NASA and protective equipment for the U.S. Department of Defense. In 2024, ILC Dover was acquired by Ingersoll Rand Inc.
Our Client's Lawsuit Reveals Significant Cybersecurity Failures
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