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Former Uber Chief Security Officer convicted after covering up data breach

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Thomas Hyrkiel

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Joseph Sullivan convicted of obstructing justice and concealing a felony after covering up a data breach at Uber that exposed 57 million users.

Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber), has been convicted of Federal charges in the course of attempts to cover up two hacks of Uber’s databases in 2014 and 2016.

Sullivan arrived at Uber in 2015, after the 2014 breach had happened and had been

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