A federal jury found Sullivan guilty last October on two felony counts related to a data breach at Uber in November 2016 that exposed data belonging to some 57 million customers and 600,000 drivers at the ride-sharing giant.
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Former Chief Security Officer Of Uber Sentenced To Three Years' Probation For Covering Up Data Breach Involving Millions Of Uber User Records.
Corporate officers can be held personally liable by various regulatory agencies for how they respond to data security issues, including lawsuits from investors and class-action litigation from consumers.
Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive, said in court on Friday that he had fired Joe Sullivan, the former Uber security chief who is on trial over a 2016 security breach, because he could no longer trust him.
Since drivers are not employees, they are independently responsible for crimes they commit, such as sexual assault. It can be difficult to bring a lawsuit against a rideshare company because they are not automatically responsible for the actions of their drivers.
Uber last week said it fired its chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, over his role in the 2016 data breach, which compromised data belonging to 57 million customers and about 600,000 drivers.
Despite prosecutors recommending at least two years of jail time, Sullivan won't spend any time in prison for his role in covering up Uber's data breach from the Federal Trade Commission in 2016.
Uber hired Sullivan as its CSO in April 2015. At the time, Uber disclosed to the FTC that it had been the victim of a data breach in 2014. Subsequently, in May 2015, the FTC launched an investigation into Uber, requesting information on the 2014 data breach and Uber's general data security practices.
Nearly three years after driving an Uber around Kalamazoo, Michigan, and randomly shooting and killing six people, Jason Dalton was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
A typical case is resolved within three to five days, she said. Even the strikes system can be superseded by Uber executives who may be motivated to keep as many drivers on the road as possible, investigators said.
Uber is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our users' data. With limited exceptions like emergencies, we require a valid and sufficient legal process from official government agencies before we disclose any information about our users.
We get notification from Uber when a complaint occurs and we get to find out what was said “in general” not the specific complaint. Now we don't know who said it but we can usually figure it out. Why would an Uber driver give a passenger a less than perfect rating?
Uber is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our users' data. With limited exceptions like emergencies, we require a valid and sufficient legal process from official government agencies before we disclose any information about our users.
Uber contends that the Lapsus$ hacking group is responsible for a computer network breach after a hacker broke into its internal systems last week. “They pretty much have full access to Uber,” Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs, told The New York Times.
The hacker, who was eventually arrested and is in police custody, is said to have gained access to Uber's secure data through “social engineering,” which means manipulating or deceiving someone, often with email or phone calls, to gain access to personal or financial information.
The Wall Street Journal's Post. When Uber's CEO started driving for Uber, he found he agreed with a lot of drivers' complaints. “The whole experience was pretty clunky.”