A government contractor will pay $18.4 million for false timecard submissions, while a staffing company settles for $2.7 million due to mishandling COVID-19 data in a federal whistleblower case. The DOJ secures the settlements following failures to protect sensitive data and exposure of private medical information of residents.
Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania COVID data to pay $2.7M in federal whistleblower case https://t.co/rI8Zzwjm5a
A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pa. and exposed private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a company whistleblower, federal prosecutors say. https://t.co/9YoJihii67
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As part of its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, DOJ secures a $2.7 million settlement from a staffing company that epically failed to protect sensitive data collected during Covid-19 contact tracing, despite staff warnings to managers about failures. https://t.co/hqbg4Jw0za https://t.co/mbPgbaD61J
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