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Uber’s ex-security chief gets probation for 2016 hack cover-up – CISOs react

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Sentence for Joseph Sullivan causes debate.

On May 4, a judge sentenced Joseph Sullivan, the former chief security officer (CSO) at Uber, to three years’ probation and 200 hours of community service for covering up a 2016 cyberattack and obstructing a federal investigation. He must also pay a $50,000 penalty.

The evidence at trial established that while Sullivan was serving