Uber's Ex-CSO Dodges Prison Time, Receives Three-Year Probation
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In a widely watched case among cybersecurity professionals, former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan avoided prison when he was sentenced for covering up the 2016 theft of company data on 50 million Uber customers while the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the company over a previous breach.
Sullivan became the first security and corporate executive to be found guilty of crimes related to a data breach when he was convicted in October of obstruction of justice and hiding a felony.
US District Judge William Orrick sentenced Sullivan to three years of probation, noting his significant past work in protecting people from the sort of crime he later concealed. He also said that Sullivan’s steps had kept the stolen data from being exposed. Prosecutors had sought 15 months in prison for Sullivan.
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