Uber ex-security chief charged with covering up data hack

Uber’s former chief security officer Joseph Sullivan is charged with obstruction of justice and failing to report his knowledge of a felony. — Reuters

Uber Technologies Inc’s former chief security officer Joseph Sullivan was charged with covering up a 2016 data breach that compromised the personal information of 57 million drivers and users.

Rather than report the breach to the US Federal Trade Commission, which was investigating an earlier hack at the company, Sullivan paid the hackers US$100,000 in Bitcoin, according to a statement on Aug 20 from US Attorney David L Anderson in San Francisco. Sullivan is charged with obstruction of justice and failing to report his knowledge of a felony.