Former Uber security chief guilty of data breach coverup

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A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Joseph Sullivan of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge that a federal felony had been committed, federal prosecutors said.Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reignedBlanchett and Field grapple with power, process in 'Tár'New this week: 'Halloween Ends,' 'Rosaline' and The 1975In a first, Netflix's 'Glass Onion' to play in major chainsAn email to Uber seeking comment on the conviction wasn’t immediately returned.According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Sullivan told subordinates that “the story outside of the security group was to be that ‘this investigation does not exist,’” and arranged to pay the hackers $100,000 in bitcoin in exchange for them signing non-disclosure agreements promising not to reveal the hack.“Sullivan orchestrated these acts despite knowing that the hackers were hacking and extorting other companies as well as Uber,” the U.S. attorney’s office said.The company announced last month that all its services were operational following what security professionals called a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data."

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