Cloud systems operated by IBM and AT&T for the US federal government were breached numerous times by foreign hackers, and the companies concealed the breaches from the government, according to a whistleblower’s lawsuit, Bloomberg reported.
William Barlow, IBM’s former vice president of threat intelligence, alleged in the complaint that the cloud systems in question were hit by breaches over the years by hackers linked to China and other foreign governments, and made false assurances about the safety of their systems in order to keep federal contracts, the report said.
The allegations involve a cloud system called Core Network used by the US military and other parts of the government, which is operated by AT&T on behalf of IBM.
Barlow said he personally witnessed numerous breaches of the network and was pressured by executives to downplay the incidents in internal reports and omit details.
In some instances, IBM senior management “actively took steps to cover up and conceal” hacks from US regulators and government clients, the suit says.
“The data breaches are so large and the core networks so poorly designed that neither IBM nor AT&T knows exactly what data was breached, who breached the data, where the data was breached or whether any data was exfiltrated, altered and/or modified in any respect,” alleges the lawsuit.
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