William Barlow, a former vice president of threat intelligence at IBM, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of covering up several significant data breaches attributed to foreign state actors, particularly Chinese hackers. According to Barlow, IBM's core network was compromised over 56,000 times between 2013 and 2016 by the Chinese government-linked group APT 10. Despite the breaches, Barlow claims that IBM failed to notify relevant authorities, including the U.S. government, which is a key customer. The lawsuit reveals that IBM's internal investigation was hindered by inadequate logging practices, preventing a thorough examination of the breaches. Barlow also pointed out that breaches occurred at IBM subsidiaries Trusteer and Truven, which were not adequately addressed or disclosed. IBM spokesperson Miki Carver stated that the complaint was filed six years ago and that the Department of Justice declined to intervene, asserting that IBM acted within legal boundaries. Barlow's lawyer emphasized the contradiction of IBM selling cybersecurity solutions while allegedly facing serious security issues within its own operations.