https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/cisco-pays-8-6-million-for-selling-surveillance-system-it-knew-was-vulnerable/

Cisco is paying $8.6 million to settle claims that it sold a video-surveillance product the company knew made federal and state agencies vulnerable to serious hacking attacks. This is believed to be the first time a company has made a payout under a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging failure to have adequate security protections.

The settlement stems from a Video Surveillance Manager package Cisco sold, starting more than a decade ago, to a raft of government agencies. These agencies include the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Department of Defense Biometrics Taskforce, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, NASA, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps. Known as VSM, the surveillance package was also used by government agencies in at least 15 states, including New York and California.