Uber’s Troubled Past Haunts Criminal Case of Former Security Chief
- Ex-security chief claims he was CEO’s fall guy for data breach
- Company lawyer says Joe Sullivan is pushing conspiracy theory
Uber Technologies headquarters in San Francisco, California.
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When Joe Sullivan was fired from his job as Uber Technologies Inc.’s security chief, the ride-hailing giant declared a clean break from its problematic past.
Now, five years later, as he faces criminal charges stemming from an alleged coverup of a massive data breach, Sullivan wants to put the company, its current chief executive officer and its prior management team on trial with him.