DEF CON 31 – Joe Sullivan’s ‘A Different Uber Post Mortem’
Many thanks to DEF CON 31 for publishing their terrific DefCon Conference 31 presenters content. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada; via ...
Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction. Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach, of withholding information about the 2016 incident ...
Prosecutors Argue for 15 Months in Jail for Uber CISO
In a sentencing memorandum filed with a San Francisco federal court on April 27, 2023, prosecutors argued that Joe Sullivan—the former CISO of Uber and a former federal computer crimes prosecutor himself ...
Former Uber CISO’s Conviction Affirmed by Trial Court
On January 11, 2023, presiding United States District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco denied the motion of Joe Sullivan, the former CISO of Uber, for a judgment of acquittal. The conviction ...
“How will the Uber Breach Verdict Affect the CISO Role in the Future?”
A Uber breach verdict was handed down that could prove highly impactful to CISOs and CSOs in the near and distant future. The post “How will the Uber Breach Verdict Affect the ...
Uber Verdict Raises New Risks for Ransom Payments
The conviction of a high profile security executive who paid to suppress a data leak has created a new dimension of risk for security executives ...
The Uber/Sullivan Conviction is NOT About Data Breaches
Earlier this month, former Uber CISO (and former federal cybercrime prosecutor) Joe Sullivan was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco for concealing information related to a data breach at the ...
Uber Breach Guilty Verdict, Mandatory Password Expiration, Fake Executive Profiles on LinkedIn
Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation in connection with the attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack at Uber, NIST and Microsoft say that mandatory password ...
Uber Breach and the Need for Data Visibility
A recent major new story puts Uber, once again, in the headlines for not the best reasons…In this case, former CISO, Joe Sullivan, was found guilty of not disclosing a data breach ...
Uber CISO Verdict: It’s the Cover-Up
Security circles are all aflutter regarding the guilty verdict of Joe Sullivan, former CISO of Uber, on charges of obstructing justice and actively hiding a felony. You can read the Washington Post‘s ...
