Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Failures: A Comedy of Errors or a National Security Risk?
Georgia Tech is in hot water as the US sues over alleged cybersecurity failures, including false compliance scores and ignoring anti-malware protocols. The university, ironically housing a cybersecurity lab, is accused of putting national security at risk.
Hot Take:
Who knew Georgia Tech was majoring in Cybersecurity Fails 101? Maybe it’s time they audit their own syllabus instead of giving themselves A’s for effort!
Key Points:
- The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Georgia Tech and its research entity for failing to meet DoD cybersecurity standards.
- Whistleblowers allege that the university failed to protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) from 2019 to 2021.
- Allegations include not implementing a proper cybersecurity plan and false cybersecurity assessment scores.
- The lawsuit is the first of its kind under the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (CCFI).
- Georgia Tech is also under a Congressional probe for its partnership with a Chinese university tied to military technology theft.
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