Former Chief Security Officer Of Uber Sentenced To Three Years' Probation For Covering Up Data Breach Involving Millions Of Uber User Records. Defendant also ordered to pay $50,000 fine.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Uber is being sued in the US over allegations of assault by drivers on the ride-hailing platform. The filing includes allegations women passengers were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers.
What Data Did the Hacker Access? After successfully connecting to Uber's intranet, the hacker gained access to the company's VPN and discovered Microsoft Powershell scripts containing the login credentials of an admin user in Thycotic - the company's Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution.
Booking Fake RidesPerhaps one of the most widespread Uber scandals, the earliest days of Uber were tainted by the sabotage of other ride-sharing apps. Uber drivers, employees, and managers would schedule rides on other apps to book them and then cancel at the last minute.
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.
The Uber files is a global investigation based on a trove of 124,000 documents that were leaked to the Guardian by Mark MacGann, Uber's former chief lobbyist in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.