Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit against the networking company. The case stems from a former Cisco contractor who blew the whistle on the company after bringing the vulnerabilities in the software to the attention of Cisco executives and writing several detailed reports about the flaws, according to his attorneys. This is apparently the first time U.S. whistleblower laws were applied to a case related to cybersecurity, the attorneys say. The software bundle was used in airports, police departments and schools, Cisco says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/cisco-settles-whistleblower-case-for-86-million-a-12870