October 05, 2022
A California federal jury convicted Uber's former security chief Joseph Sullivan on Wednesday of criminal obstruction and concealment of a felony for hiding a massive 2016 data breach from authorities, crimes that could put the former federal prosecutor and cybersecurity expert behind bars for years.
September 30, 2022
Former Uber security chief Joseph Sullivan put his reputation and the company's "over his obligations," a federal prosecutor told jurors Friday at the close of Sullivan's criminal obstruction trial on charges he concealed a massive security breach from authorities investigating a similar incident from two years prior.
September 29, 2022
The criminal defense for a former Uber security chief accused of concealing a massive 2016 data breach from authorities concluded Thursday with testimony from an ex-communications executive for the ride-hailing giant, who said Uber wrongly portrayed Joseph Sullivan as a "bad apple" to distance itself from the hacking.
September 21, 2022
Uber's former security chief kicked off his criminal defense Wednesday with testimony from two onetime subordinates who explained how Uber stalled as it tried to identify the hackers behind a 2016 breach before paying them $100,000 via a "bug bounty" program — a payout one witness called "a great deal."
September 20, 2022
A former WilmerHale partner who worked on Uber's 2017 internal investigation into a major data breach took the stand Tuesday in the criminal obstruction trial of Uber's former security chief Joseph Sullivan, testifying that Sullivan was upset at the investigation and accused WilmerHale of using "scorched-earth tactics."
September 16, 2022
Just a day after Uber disclosed a new network breach, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi took the stand in ex-security chief Joseph Sullivan's criminal obstruction trial and testified he fired the security chief because he lost trust after Sullivan hid key details about a 2016 hack in an "incomplete or misleading" email.
September 15, 2022
A former Uber general counsel who testified Thursday in the criminal obstruction trial of former security chief Joseph Sullivan said she was "shocked" that her "A-team" colleague never disclosed a massive 2016 data breach and confirmed that then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick also never told her about the incident.
September 14, 2022
A fired Uber in-house attorney who was given government immunity for testifying in the criminal obstruction trial of former security chief Joseph Sullivan said Wednesday that he lied to the WilmerHale lawyers hired by the company to investigate a massive undisclosed data breach to "protect" Sullivan and the rest of the security team.
September 13, 2022
A former Uber in-house attorney testifying Tuesday in the criminal obstruction trial of former security chief Joseph Sullivan said she was "upset" and "surprised" to discover that while she was responding to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into a 2014 cybersecurity incident, Sullivan never informed her of a subsequent breach.
September 12, 2022
One of two hackers behind a massive 2016 Uber data breach testified Monday in the criminal trial of the ex-security chief charged with criminal obstruction on allegations of covering it up, telling California federal jurors he and his colleague intended to use the breach to extort Uber for a six-figure payout.