Catch up quick: In October, a jury found Sullivan guilty of obstructing an active FTC investigation into Uber's security practices and concealing a 2016 data breach that affected 50 million riders and drivers.
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The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States District Judge, after a jury found Sullivan guilty of two felonies in October 2022.
On May 4, 2023, Sullivan was sentenced to three years of probation for felony obstruction and misprision for not reporting a 2016 breach at rideshare and delivery company Uber that threatened to expose the data of 600,000 drivers and the personal information associated with 57 million riders.
In early October, the US Department of Justice announced that a verdict had been reached in the case against former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan, finding him guilty of two counts associated with covering up a data breach at the company.
Catch up quick: In October, a jury found Sullivan guilty of obstructing an active FTC investigation into Uber's security practices and concealing a 2016 data breach that affected 50 million riders and drivers. Uber paid the hackers $100,000 to not release any stolen data and keep the attack quiet.
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