Recent False Claims Act cases a caution to govt contractors that skimp on security

False Claims Act, otherwise known as the Lincoln Law, can cost companies that supply goods or services to the federal government millions of dollars if they fail to provide the digital security protections they promise. In one of the cases, Cisco Systems was forced to pay millions to federal and state governments. An estimated 72% of all FCA cases are brought by the relator-whistleblowers, with the government recovering an estimated $62.1 billion under FCA action between 1987 and 2019.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3518728/recent-false-claims-act-cases-a-caution-to-govt-contractors-that-skimp-on-security.html