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Former Uber CSO Found Guilty of Obfuscating 2016 Breach

Former Uber Chief Security Officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan has been convicted on charges of obstructing justice and actively hiding a felony. While the Federal Trade Commission was investigating an earlier data breach of Uber’s system, Sullivan learned of a new breach. He arranged for the attackers to be paid a ransom through Uber’s bug bounty system. Ref https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/05/uber-obstruction-sullivan-hacking/