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Browse: Home / 2016 / December / 01 / Can Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Receive Monetary Awards from the SEC? – Lexology

Can Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Receive Monetary Awards from the SEC? – Lexology

By Securities Docket on December 1, 2016, 10:01 am

The viability of a cybersecurity whistleblowing tip under the SEC Whistleblower Reward Program is no longer a question. In June 2016, the SEC announced a $1 million penalty levied against Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for cybersecurity violations that, when coupled with a related criminal action, totaled $1.6 million. We may never know whether a whistleblower provided information in this enforcement action since the SEC’s policy is to strictly protect the identities of whistleblowers. What we do know is that if there were a whistleblower involved, this is the first SEC action involving cybersecurity to meet the $1 million threshold for an award.

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