The former security director of Uber faced fraud allegations and concealed the data leakage event

Beijing time. 6 month 29 Daily news ,2016 year Uber Have been attacked by hackers , at that time 5700 The personal information of million passengers and drivers was stolen by hackers , After the incident Uber Joseph, former safety director · Sullivan （Joseph Sullivan） Trying to hide . The United States federal judge said on Tuesday , Sullivan must face charges of telecommunications fraud .

Sullivan paid two hackers to keep silent , At the same time, he cheated the passengers 、 The driver 、FTC. Sullivan retorted that , Prosecutors accused him of concealing the hacking incident , He said he was trying to stop the driver from escaping , Let the driver continue to pay the service fee , But there is no real evidence to examine such accusations . San Francisco District Judge William · Auric （William Orrick） Obviously do not agree with this statement .

More than that , Sullivan also believes that it is Uber At that time CEO And general counsel , Not the driver , The judge did not agree on this . Eric said , Although Sullivan's misrepresentation was not directed at the driver , But this is only part of a larger scheme of deception , It was the driver who cheated .

Prosecutors claim that Sullivan paid the hacker bitcoin as a sealing fee , Value contract 10 Thousands of dollars . He also asked hackers to sign confidentiality agreements , Say they didn't steal data .

After learning about the data leakage event ,Uber The current CEO darla · khosrowshahi （Dara Khosrowshahi） Fired Sullivan .

2018 year 9 month Uber payment 1.48 Billion dollars and 50 States and Washington DC Settle a claim lawsuit , The plaintiff held that Uber Disclosure of information is too slow .