Joseph Sullivan, the former chief of Uber’s security, was charged this week in connection with an alleged cover-up of a massive 2016 hack.<br />The hack exposed the personal information of some 57 million Uber users.<br />The federal government said Sullivan tried his hardest to sweep the breech under the rug.<br />The criminal complaint filed this week in the Northern California’s District Court.<br />Sullivan told his security staff to keep details about the hack “tightly controlled.”<br />That included lying about the scope of the breach to Uber’s incoming CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who joined the company in 2017.<br />Sullivan also lied to the share holders, execs, and law enforcement.<br />He paid off the hackers and made them sign NDAs.
