Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.

Massachusetts-based defense contractor Mission Oriented Rapid Solution Engineering (MORSE) Corp will pay a $4.6 million fine for violating the False Claims Act (FCA) when it failed to comply with cybersecurity requirements in its contracts with the Army and Air Force, the DOJ said in a press release Wednesday.

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Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...