--- title: Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM... description: A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing multiple data breaches by foreign state actors, including Chinese hacking group APT 10,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-cyber-executive-turned-whistleblower-accuses-ibm-of-covering-up-several-data-breaches-m7sav9afs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches | daily.dev og:description: A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing multiple data breaches by foreign state actors, including Chinese hacking group APT 10,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-cyber-executive-turned-whistleblower-accuses-ibm-of-covering-up-several-data-breaches-m7sav9afs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m7sAv9afS.png og:image:alt: Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing multiple data breaches by foreign state actors, including Chinese hacking group APT 10, which allegedly penetrated IBM's core network over 56,000 times between 2013 and 2016. Former IBM VP of threat intelligence William Barlow claims the company never notified U.S. government agencies despite IBM being a major federal cybersecurity vendor. Two IBM subsidiaries — Trusteer and Truven — were also allegedly breached and covered up. IBM denies wrongdoing, noting the DOJ declined to intervene when the suit was filed in 2020. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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