Sullivan's case, believed to be the first time an executive has faced criminal charges over a hack, revolves around how the former executive dealt with the bad actors who infiltrated Uber's Amazon server and demanded $100,000 from the company.The hackers got in touch with Uber shortly after Sullivan sat for a deposition with the FTC for its investigation of the 2014 cybersecurity incident.They told him they found a security vulnerability that allowed them to download the personal data of 600,000 drivers and additional information linked to 57 million drivers and passengers.As The Washington Post reports, it was revealed later on that the hackers found a digital key that they used to get into Uber's Amazon account.The former executive's camp argued that Sullivan felt Uber's user data was protected after the hackers signed an NDA."