Air Force Contractor Hit With Cybersecurity Whistleblower Suit

Science Applications International Corp. harassed and fired a whistleblower who raised concerns about cybersecurity at a military base used by the US Air Force and NATO, a federal lawsuit said.

Marselles Jefferson alleged that SAIC, a federal contractor at the Ensiedlerhof Air Station in Germany, and three of its managers fired him from his role as a cybersecurity lead after he reported vulnerabilities in an IT system at the base to the SAIC program director.

He also told the program director that the company was using incorrect metrics to report material information about cybersecurity-risk management to stockholders and the SEC, …