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Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan and lessons learned from the infamous 2016 Uber breach

CSO Magazine

Like most CSOs, Joe Sullivan was drawn to the role to help prevent cybercrimes. His role as CSO of Uber was something of a shift from his previous job prosecuting cybercriminals as an assistant US attorney, but closer to the tip of the cybersecurity spear.

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CSO sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for Uber Data Breach cover up

CyberSecurity Insiders

Joe Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Uber, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and 200 hours of community service for covering up a cyber attack on the company’s servers in 2016, which led to a data breach affecting over 50 million riders and drivers.

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Uber CISO's trial underscores the importance of truth, transparency, and trust

CSO Magazine

Truth, transparency and trust are the three T’s that all CISOs and CSOs should embrace as they march through their daily grind of keeping their enterprise and the data safe and secure. The case against Uber’s former CSO. Failure to adhere to the three T’s can have serious consequences.

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Uber CSO Found Guilty: The Sky Is Not Falling. Yet

SecureWorld News

This week, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber, Joseph Sullivan, was found guilty on one count of obstruction of justice and one count of misprison, the act of concealing a felony from authorities, arising out of his handling of a 2016 data breach at the company. Sullivan's actions were irregular.

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Data Breach Cover Up: Uber's Former CSO Faces Up to 8 Years Behind Bars

SecureWorld News

Department of Justice just filed federal charges against Uber's former Chief Security Offier (CSO) for allegedly covering up a company data breach and bribing hackers to stay silent about the attack. What is Uber's former CISO accused of doing? Here is more on the charges against the former Uber CSO.

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D&O insurance not yet a priority despite criminal trial of Uber’s former CISO

CSO Magazine

The trial of former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan marks the first time a cybersecurity chief has faced potential criminal liability. Sullivan is charged with trying to conceal from federal investigators the details of a 2016 hack at Uber that exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million drivers and passengers.

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Guilty verdict in the Uber breach case makes personal liability real for CISOs

CSO Magazine

Yesterday, a federal jury handed down a guilty verdict to Joe Sullivan, the former CSO on charges of “obstruction of the proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with the attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack at Uber” according to a notice published by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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