Defense contractors to pay $8.4 million over charges of failing to meet federal cyber standards

U.S. defense contractors Raytheon and Nightwing Group agreed to pay the government $8.4 million to settle allegations that Raytheon violated the terms of a contract with the Defense Department by not having ample cybersecurity protections.

According to the settlement agreement, from August 2015 through June 2021 the company’s CODEX division — short for Cyber Offense & Defense Experts — used a network that did not adhere to the government’s cybersecurity standards and which held non-classified defense information.

Raytheon, which according to the Thursday agreement does not admit to being at fault, allegedly failed to develop a “system security plan” describing security measures.

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