Cisco ‘Knowingly’ Sold Hackable Video Surveillance System to U.S. Government

Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of knowingly selling video surveillance system containing severe security vulnerabilities to the U.S. federal and state government agencies. It’s believed to be the first payout on a ‘False Claims Act‘ case over failure to meet cybersecurity standards. The lawsuit began eight years ago, in the year 2011,