USA v. Sullivan

  1. September 09, 2022

    Ex-Uber Security Chief Wanted Hack Kept Quiet, Jury Told

    A former top Uber information security official testifying in the criminal obstruction trial of ex-security chief Joseph Sullivan told jurors Friday that the normally calm Sullivan was extremely "stressed out" about the 2016 hack he is accused of illegally concealing, and told him that news of the breach couldn't get out.

  2. September 08, 2022

    Hidden Uber Hack Fouled FTC Deal, Ex-Agency Atty Testifies

    After Uber belatedly revealed a 2016 data breach, the Federal Trade Commission pulled and reworked an almost finalized settlement over the ride-hailing company's 2014 data breach, a former FTC attorney who is now with Baker Botts LLP testified Thursday in the criminal trial of an ex-Uber security chief accused of covering up the second hack.

  3. September 07, 2022

    Ex-Uber Cyber Chief Blames In-House Atty As Trial Starts

    Uber's former head of security illegally paid hackers $100,000 to conceal a 2016 data breach, a federal prosecutor told a California jury Wednesday at the start of the ex-employee's criminal obstruction trial, while the defendant argued that he was scapegoated by an in-house Uber lawyer.