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Former Uber CSO found guilty of obstruction in attempted data breach cover-up.
Former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting to conceal a 2016 data breach of tens of millions of customer and driver records.
The data breach occurred only a few months after Uber hired Sullivan to help the company enhance its cybersecurity on the heels of a smaller breach in 2014, where hackers gained access to approximately 50,000 consumers' personal information.
Sullivan, who is now CSO of Cloudflare and a former federal prosecutor, testified about specific steps he claimed Uber had taken to keep customer data secure.
Uber has since paid $148 million to settle a case brought by 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia for attempting to cover up the breach.
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