Cisco to pay $8.6 million for supplying the US government with software known to be insecure

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By Mark Wyciślik-WilsonAug 1, 2019, 5:10 am178 pts
Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a claim that it sold video surveillance software to the American government even though it was aware it contained security vulnerabilities. A total of fifteen US states filed a case under the False Claims Act after Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Army,…

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