According to the Department of Defense Inspector General’s 2009 semiannual report to congress, in Feburary 2009, Apptis repaid $1.3 million of a $5.4 million DoD information technology contract after Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) investigators concluded that Apptis and a subcontractor “failed to perform and deliver proper network security and information assurance services to the government” as required by the contract. The DCIS began its investigation in August 2007 after the database being maintained by Apptis and/or the subcontractor was breached by a hacker believed to be from China.