Summary
This essay discusses a particular cybercrime where a Chief Security Officer (CSO) was charged with obstruction of justice by allegedly concealing important facts about a major security
each of Uber car hire firm that happened in 2016. The offender was convicted on Thursday, 20th Aug XXXXXXXXXXThe company Uber faced government investigations after its system was hacked in 2016 and civil penalties were levied on the company as well as personnel were convicted for not promptly disclosing the incidents to the investigating agency.
The obstruction of justice on the CEO follows the suite that he paid a hefty amount of $100,000 in Bitcoin to the cybercriminals forcing them to sign non-disclosure agreement that no data was stolen or stored. The offender partly de
iefed the new CEO through email by editing the summary prepared by security team. He removed the details of the data that was taken and falsely informed that the payment was made after hacker’s identification. This counts for felony of failing to inform the authorities which the personnel knew happened. The CSO Joseph Sullivan was convicted of one obstruction of justice which ca
ies five-year term. He also faces one misprision of felony with three years of imprisonment which is still under investigation. It is stated in the articles that a sensible corporate citizenship and prompt disclosure of the hack to the customer and employee victims was missing on account of the firm.
This short essay incorporates information researched from online magazines describing a high profile cybercrime incident, its potential consequences and implications.
References
Conger, Kate XXXXXXXXXXFormer Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack. New York Times, posted on 20th August, 2020. Viewed on 18th Sept XXXXXXXXXXhttps:
www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/technology/joe-sullivan-uber-charged-hack.html
Muncaster, P XXXXXXXXXXFormer Uber CSO Charged Over Alleged Breach Cover-Up. Infosecurity-magazine, posted on 21st Aug, viewed on 18th Sept XXXXXXXXXXhttps:
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/former-uber-cso-charged-alleged/