Uber’s ex-security chief charged with covering up 2016 hacking which exposed data of 57 million users

In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company’s customers and drivers.The US Department of Justice charged Joseph Sullivan, 52, with felony obstruction of justice, saying he took “deliberate steps” to keep the Federal Trade Commission from learning about the hack while the agency was monitoring Uber security…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3098229/ubers-ex-security-chief-charged-covering-2016