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Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

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IBM and two subsidiary companies were allegedly breached in the mid-2010s, according to a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive that accuses the company of failing to disclose the incidents and actively covering them up. The headline raises legal, governance, and reputational risk for IBM, but the article provides no financial figures or confirmed operational impact.

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IBM and two subsidiary companies were allegedly breached in the mid-2010s, according to a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive that accuses the company of failing to disclose the incidents and actively covering them up. The headline raises legal, governance, and reputational risk for IBM, but the article provides no financial figures or confirmed operational impact.

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