A federal judge ruled that an ex-Uber security chief must face wire fraud charges over his alleged involvement in trying to cover up a hacking in 2016.
must face wire fraud charges over his purported involvement in attempting to cover up a hacking in 2016, exposing personal information of 57 million of the company's drivers and passengers.added by the Department of Justice in December to a previous indictment. The DOJ alleges he made arrangements to pay hush money to two hackers, while also trying to hide the hacking from drivers, passengers and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
"Those purported misrepresentations, though not made directly to Uber drivers, were part of a larger scheme to defraud them" according to the indictment, Orrick wrote. Prosecutors allege that Sullivan arranged to pay the hackers $100,000 in bitcoin, and have them sign nondisclosure agreements falsely claiming they had not stolen any data.Uber had a bounty program created to reward security researchers who report flaws. The program was not, however, designed to conceal data thefts.
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