Cybersecurity

Uber’s Former Security Chief Convicted of Data Hack Coverup

  • Joe Sullivan found guilty by jury of concealing 2016 breach
  • He argued other executives were to blame for tardy disclosure
Joe Sullivan, the former head of security at Uber, leaves court in San Francisco on Sept. 16.Photographer: JIim Wilson/The New York Times/Redux Pictures
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Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied to the company’s troubled past under its original leadership.

Joe Sullivan was found guilty in San Francisco federal court Wednesday by a jury which rejected his claim that other executives at the ride-hailing giant were aware of the 2016 hack and were responsible for it not being disclosed to regulators for more than a year.