Insight Global to pay $2.7M over lax security on contact tracing data
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Jeff Dale2024-05-02T19:03:00
Insight Global agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations for failing to provide adequate cybersecurity on Covid-19 contract tracing data.
The Atlanta-based staffing company, which specializes in sourcing information technology, accounting, finance, healthcare, and engineering professionals, will pay $1.35 million in restitution, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a settlement agreement dated April 24.
The settlement resolves claims brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Terralyn Seilkop, a former Insight Global staff member, the DOJ said in a press release Wednesday. Seilkop will receive nearly $500,000 of the settlement amount, plus $86,000 from Insight Global to cover attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs arising from the civil action.
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