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US Justice Department Accused Former Security Chief Of Uber For Hiding A Major Hack
US Justice Department accused Joseph Sullivan, former security chief of Uber, for hiding a major 2016 hack from the Federal Trade Commission.
Yazar: Tom Roberts
Yayınlanma: 22 Ağustos 2020 23:25
Güncellenme: 19 Kasım 2024 13:23
US Justice Department Accused Former Security Chief Of Uber For Hiding A Major Hack
A rare case will begin in the USA. US Justice Department accused Joseph Sullivan, former security chief of Uber, for hiding a major 2016 hack from the Federal Trade Commission. According to the report in Reuters, Sullivan paid $ 100,000 to the hackers who seized the information of 57 million customers and drivers to destroy them. Joseph Sullivan also covered it up by taking 'deliberate steps' to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from learning about the incident, the department claimed.ALSO WORKED ON FACEBOOK, NOW ON CLOUDFLARE
For the first time in the history of the country, a corporate information security officer was charged with allegedly concealing an attack. It was noted that Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor himself, received $ 100,000 from Uber's program to reward those who report vulnerabilities and gave it to hackers. This amount is the highest amount paid under the program in question. Joseph Sullivan was Facebook's chief of security for a time. He is currently holding the same task at Cloudflare.'There is no justified side of accusation'
It was also stated in the case file that Sullivan had the hackers sign a "no-disclosure" agreement in relation to this incident. It was also claimed that Travis Kalanick, who was the CEO of Uber at the time, was also aware of this incident. Kalanick's spokesperson declined to comment. Brad Williams, spokesperson for Joseph Sullivan, said: “The charges are not justified. Mr. Sullivan acted with his colleagues in the case. The steps to be taken in such disclosure matters are decided in the legal department. "If it were not for the efforts of Mr. Sullivan and his team, the culprits would probably never have been found."THE SAME PIRATES ATTACKED OTHER COMPANIES
Dara Khosrowshahi, the current CEO of Uber, fired another employee with Joseph Sullivan after learning the extent of the incident. In 2018, Uber paid a total of $ 148 million to all US states for hiding the data breach. In the FBI's note in the Uber file, it was stated that after this incident, two hackers continued to attack other companies. It was noted that many incidents could be prevented if Sullivan applied to law enforcement agencies in his time. Both of the captured hackers confessed to their crimes and began to wait for a verdict against them.İLGİLİ HABERLER
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