Key facts
- Former IBM cybersecurity executive William Barlow filed a whistleblower lawsuit.
- The lawsuit alleges IBM concealed multiple data breaches by Chinese state-linked hackers.
- Barlow served as IBM's vice president of threat intelligence until August 2019.
- The suit claims IBM knew about the breaches and deliberately failed to notify US authorities.
William Barlow, a former IBM cybersecurity executive, has accused the company of concealing multiple data breaches attributed to Chinese state-linked hackers. Barlow, who was IBM's vice president of threat intelligence until August 2019, filed a whistleblower lawsuit that was unsealed this week. The lawsuit alleges that IBM was aware of these breaches but deliberately chose not to notify relevant US authorities. The full details of the alleged breaches and IBM's response remain under scrutiny following the unsealing of the legal complaint.