A former IBM cybersecurity executive alleges the company concealed multiple data breaches by foreign governments between 2013 and 2016, according to a recently unsealed lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed in 2020 but unsealed recently
Jun 06, 2026
12:47 pm
What's the storyWilliam Barlow, a former vice president of threat intelligence at IBM, has accused the tech giant of covering up three major data breaches in the last decade.
The lawsuit, which was filed in 2020 but unsealed recently, claims that foreign governments, including China, hacked into IBM's core network between 2013 and 2016.
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