ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Tech and its affiliated Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) have agreed to pay the government $875,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging cybersecurity failures.

Filed in August 2024, the suit accuses the GTRC, which performs sponsored research for several entities, of not meeting cybersecurity requirements in some of its contracts with the Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

“Defense contractors’ adherence to their cybersecurity obligations is essential to safeguarding sensitive government information from malicious actors,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg for the Northern District of Georgia said in a statement. “Contractors who fail to implement required cybersecurity contro

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