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Appellate court upholds sentence for former Uber cyber executive Joe Sullivan

Posted on March 16, 2025March 15, 2025 by Dissent

Jonathan Greig reports:

The conviction of former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan on obstruction of justice charges was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California this week after the cybersecurity expert disputed several aspects of his sentence and charges.

Sullivan was given three years probation by a U.S. federal judge in 2023 after a federal jury convicted him of two charges related to his attempted coverup of a 2016 security incident at Uber, where hackers stole the personal details of 57 million customers and the personal information of 600,000 Uber drivers.

Read more at The Record.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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