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By Aaron Nicodemus2022-10-06T20:03:00
The former chief security officer of Uber Technologies was found guilty of two felonies connected to allegations he covered up a massive data breach at the ridesharing company and misled federal regulators about Uber’s response.
Joseph Sullivan was convicted by a jury Wednesday of obstruction of justice and misprision of felony (concealment) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He faces up to five years in prison on the obstruction charge and three years on the misprision charge and will be sentenced at a later date, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
“The message in today’s guilty verdict is clear: Companies storing their customers’ data have a responsibility to protect that data and do the right thing when breaches occur,” said Robert Tripp, special agent in charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in the release. “The FBI and our government partners will not allow rogue technology company executives to put American consumers’ personal information at risk for their own gain.”
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2023-05-05T17:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The former chief security officer of Uber Technologies was sentenced to probation by a federal court judge as punishment for his involvement in covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million users.
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Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller called the conviction of a former Uber Technologies chief security officer on obstruction charges an “outlier” that should not discourage compliance officers from self-reporting violations.
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