--- title: Former IBM cybersecurity exec accuses company of hiding... description: A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing a massive Chinese state-sponsored hacking campaign. Former IBM VP of threat intelligence... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-ibm-cybersecurity-exec-accuses-company-of-hiding-chinese-hacking-breaches-xeo7vwfyw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former IBM cybersecurity exec accuses company of hiding Chinese hacking breaches | daily.dev og:description: A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing a massive Chinese state-sponsored hacking campaign. Former IBM VP of threat intelligence... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-ibm-cybersecurity-exec-accuses-company-of-hiding-chinese-hacking-breaches-xeo7vwfyw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xEo7vWFyW.png og:image:alt: Former IBM cybersecurity exec accuses company of hiding Chinese hacking 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 IBM cybersecurity exec accuses company of hiding Chinese hacking breaches **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week accuses IBM of concealing a massive Chinese state-sponsored hacking campaign. Former IBM VP of threat intelligence William Barlow alleges APT 10 hackers breached IBM's network over 56,000 times between 2013 and 2016, compromising nearly 400 accounts and 200 systems across 18 countries. IBM allegedly never disclosed the breaches to US authorities despite being a major cybersecurity vendor to federal agencies. The company's infrastructure was described as 'archaic,' allowing hackers to 'roam almost anywhere undetected.' Additional breaches at IBM subsidiaries Trusteer and Truven were also allegedly concealed. IBM maintains it followed the law; the DOJ declined to intervene but the case is now being actively litigated in federal court. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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