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IBM and AT&T Accused of Suppressing Foreign Cyber Espionage Data in Federal Lawsuit
A whistleblower lawsuit alleges IBM and AT&T concealed over 56,000 intrusions by Chinese state-sponsored actor APT 10 between 2013 and 2016. The attackers exploited a "flat" network architecture within IBM's cloud infrastructure, operated by AT&T, which lacked critical network segmentation and comprehensive access logging for VPN connections. This architectural failure enabled APT 10 to compromise approximately 400 accounts and 200 systems across 18 countries. The lawsuit claims IBM and AT&T suppressed these findings and provided fraudulent security attestations to maintain multi-billion dollar federal contracts, potentially exposing U.S. military and government records to long-term foreign intelligence exploitation.
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