A former @Uber executive has been charged with paying "hush money" and concealing information from the @FTC to hide a data breach.

We must continue to investigate and hold accountable senior executives for their role in privacy and data security scandals. https://t.co/eTfUMvyc3d

— Rohit Chopra (@chopraftc) August 21, 2020

The first thing Biden should do is a reverse of Ronald Reagan's breaking the air traffic controllers. Show there's a new boss in town by bankrupting a lawless corporation with a fine that destroys equity/debt holders. Uber seems as good a candidate as any. https://t.co/fA8hPlHVFj

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) August 21, 2020

This is NUTS: "Prosecutors have charged Uber's former chief security off w/ covering up a massive 2016 data breach by arranging a $100,000 payoff to the hackers responsible for the attack. The personal data of 57 mill Uber passengers & drivers was stolen"https://t.co/9XFz931kOl

— Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) August 21, 2020

NEW: Uber's former security chief Joe Sullivan has been criminally charged for concealing the big 2016 data breach https://t.co/M5lYgreAiW

— Shannon Bond (@shannonpareil) August 20, 2020

Joe Sullivan, respected member of the security community and also a former DoJ prosecutor himself, is charged with paying hackers to cover up Uber breach. Before becoming Uber's CISO, he was top security officer at Facebook. https://t.co/oOHUMR2sZu

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) August 20, 2020

$100,000 Bug Bounty Award or a Ransom Demand?

Read the story of how Uber arranged to pay $ 100K to silence hackers that had gained access to the data of 57 million Uber passengers.https://t.co/eVPTKm2z1c #InfoSec #DataBreach #Uber #CyberSecurity #Hacking

— Security Brigade (@securitybrigade) August 21, 2020

"hackers got hold of names and driver's license numbers of about 600,000 drivers, as well as the names, email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million passengers and drivers"

Context for non-engineers: this is HUGE news.https://t.co/LZNoJubxe6

— Sasha Perigo (@sashaperigo) August 21, 2020

Federal prosecutors have charged #Uber former chief security officer with covering up a massive 2016 data breach by arranging a $100,000 payoff to the #hackers responsible for the attack #Data #Hack https://t.co/JjcdovYQyd

— Paul (@PaulDDDaughters) August 20, 2020

Generally, not a good thing to pay bribes. --
Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach https://t.co/hB4ZN2gCHh

— Alan W. Silberberg (@IdeaGov) August 21, 2020

Uber's former Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan is being charged with illegal non-disclosure of a MAJOR security breach. If he's found guilty, he could serve eight years and pay up to $50K.

Joe Sullivan is a REALLY big name in the security community.https://t.co/LZNoJubxe6

— Sasha Perigo (@sashaperigo) August 21, 2020

NEW: Federal prosecutors have charged a former Uber executive with paying "hush money" to cover up a 2016 hack that exposed the personal data of 57 million passengers and drivers.
https://t.co/a9CnyBq2jx

— NPR (@NPR) August 20, 2020

Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Hackers to Conceal Massive Customer Data Breach involving 57 Million Accountshttps://t.co/Sg9eLCRj7C

— Writer Thomas Pluck (@thomaspluck) August 21, 2020