Security News > 2023 > May > Ex-Uber CSO gets probation for covering up theft of data on millions of people

Joe Sullivan won't serve any serious time behind bars for his role in covering up Uber's 2016 computer security breach and trying to pass off a ransom payment as a bug bounty.

A San Francisco judge on Thursday sentenced the app maker's now-former chief security officer to three years of probation plus 200 hours of community service, despite prosecutors' pleas to throw Sullivan in the cooler.

Late last month federal officials urged the judge to sentence Sullivan to 15 months in prison for covering up the theft of data from Uber's IT systems and lying to watchdogs about the intrusion.

In October, a jury found Sullivan guilty of two felonies related to covering up the theft of Uber drivers and customers' personal information.

Travis Kalanick, who was Uber's CEO at the time of the theft, was not charged related to the intrusion, although he allegedly discussed with Sullivan a strategy for handling the breach.

Concerned that another data security breach would harm the company, Sullivan tried to cover up that 2016 heist.

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