Photo ReutersIn an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company's customers and drivers. The case was believed to be first time a corporate information security officer has been charged with concealing a hack. A former chief of security at Facebook, Sullivan now works as chief information security officer at Cloudflare . Kalanick’s successor as CEO -- current Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi -- disclosed the payoff, then fired Sullivan and a deputy after learning the extent of the breach. The Uber case will resonate for the increasing number of companies that deal directly with hackers.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2020 00:00 UTC