"Uber's Former Security Chief Convicted of 2016 Data Breach Cover-Up"

Uber's former chief security officer was recently convicted of federal charges for illegally covering up the theft of Uber drivers' and customers' personal information in 2016.  Joe Sullivan, previously also a cybercrime prosecutor for the US Department of Justice, was charged two years ago with obstruction of justice and misprision.  He was convicted on both counts on Wednesday.  The news comes five years after Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi issued a statement acknowledging that in late 2016, hackers had broken into the app giant's infrastructure and stolen 57 million customer and driver records.  In 2017, court documents showed Sullivan had learned of the theft in November 2016 but tried to cover up that theft by trying to disguise the ransom payment made to the threat actors to recover the data as a bug bounty award.  Sullivan's conviction comes weeks after Uber was compromised again.  This time, the tech giant blamed the Lapsus$ group for the breach.

Infosecurity reports: "Uber's Former Security Chief Convicted of 2016 Data Breach Cover-Up"