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• @kimzetter Kim Zetter on x

  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://www.npr.org/...

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  Breaking: The Justice Department has charged Uber's former chief security officer with obstruction of justice over his handling of a 2016 data breach. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @violetblue Violet Blue on x

  Okay. So Joe Sullivan has been charged for covering up the Uber hack: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/ ... For Engadget in 2017 I dug into his malfeasance as Uber's Chief Security Officer: https://www.engadget.com/... But before Uber, Sullivan was Facebook's Chief Security Officer. …

• @josephmenn Joseph Menn on x

  In the first case of its kind, the U.S. has charged a former Uber chief security officer with felony obstruction of justice for allegedly hiding a hack of user information. The breach was disclosed later and characterized as a bug bounty payout. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @swiftonsecurity @swiftonsecurity on x

  This is a complicated situation but it goes to show even with guidance or support from senior execs including Legal, screwing around with the law is beyond dangerous. My boss knows I'm loyal as hell, but I will never be a patsy and that's how it should be - to keep everyone safe.…

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Facebook. A fine place to learn how to conduct a massive data security cover-up. https://twitter.com/...

• @sangernyt David Sanger on x

  Big breakthrough here: companies and executives have often lied to cover up hacks, as if the data that was stolen belonged to them - not the people whose private info was compromised. Criminal charges may make execs rethink the wisdom of not revealing hacks. https://twitter.com/.…

• @file411 @file411 on x

  A few things to keep in mind: -superb example of how our FBI goes about their investigations -2014 FTC & 2016 hack -without a doubt our FBI at their very finest. Joseph Sullivan Charged: 18 USC §1505 Obstruction of Justice 18 USC §4 Misprision of a Felony https://www.justice.gov/…

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  Remember the original Uber team? Well, guess what? They were as shifty as reported: Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @dnvolz Dustin Volz on x

  The fallout continues from Uber's handling of its 2016 data breach. Joe Sullivan, the company's former chief security officer and himself a former federal prosecutor, has been charged with obstruction in relation to Uber's handling of its 2016 data breach. https://www.justice.gov…

• @dnvolz Dustin Volz on x

  Sullivan was generally well liked at Uber, and viewed as an “adult in the room” by some employees during the Travis-era power struggles. He tried to rehabilitate the company's rep on customer privacy. Then a kid in Florida hacked the company and a weird sequence of events ensued.…

• @taosecurity Richard Bejtlich on x

  CSOs and CISOs — this is an example of how NOT to handle an intrusion investigation, and now DoJ is imposing consequences. https://twitter.com/...

• @pebonilla Peter Bonilla on x

  DOJ charges Uber's former head of security for concealing massive breach of 57 million riders' (and 600,000 drivers) information, which wasn't disclosed to the FTC for a year, and for making $100,000 hush money payment to hackers to keep hack quiet. https://www.npr.org/...

• @kimzetter Kim Zetter on x

  Here's the announcement from DoJ: https://www.justice.gov/... And the complaint against Sullivan: https://assets.documentcloud.org/ ...

• @lopezlinette Linette Lopez on x

  But by all means feel listen to these people's sob story about how California is being unfair to them https://www.npr.org/...

• @shannonpareil Shannon Bond on x

  NEW: Uber's former security chief Joe Sullivan has been criminally charged for concealing the big 2016 data breach https://www.npr.org/...

• @ericnewcomer Eric Newcomer on x

  Criminal complaint alleges that Joe Sullivan communicated directly with then Uber CEO Travis Kalanick “soon after learning drivers' license numbers had potentially been exposed” at 1:28am: “I have something sensitive I'd like to update you on if you have a minute”

• @howelloneill Patrick Howell O'Neill on x

  Here is the Joe Sullivan indictment alleging he concealed the hack from the federal government, Uber's new CEO, and almost anyone outside of the security team https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jeremybwhite Jeremy B. White on x

  Wow, when it rains it fkin hurricanes for Uber https://twitter.com/...

• @filosottile @filosottile on x

  2017: Uber fires their security chief for being too unscrupulous and covering up a breach. 2018: Cloudflare hires him as CISO. 2020: https://twitter.com/...

• @evacide Eva on x

  If you are a CISO, don't do crimes to cover up your data breaches. That's it. That's the whole tweet. https://twitter.com/...

• @ericnewcomer Eric Newcomer on x

  Now Anthony Levandowski and Joe Sullivan have both faced criminal allegations of misconduct from actions taken during the Travis Kalanick Uber era. Levandowski pled guilty to stealing trade secrets.

• @kashhill Kashmir Hill on x

  Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan (who was at Facebook before that) is facing federal charges for turning a hack into a “bug bounty” while at Uber. Seems extreme? https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @lizthegrey Liz Fong-Jones on x

  oh, of course he went to Cloudflare after being fired from Uber for scummy practices. lol https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  the fallout from Uber's earlier years continues. California US atty has been focusing on uber-related prosecutions for a couple years now. via @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @daveleeft Dave Lee on x

  Breaking - Uber and Lyft granted an emergency stay, meaning rideshare WILL NOT shut down in California tonight.

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  Breaking: The appeals court has granted a temporary stay while the appeal process plays out. Uber and Lyft can continue to operate. https://twitter.com/...

• @kevinkileyca Kevin Kiley on x

  This might be the day it dawned on California's political class that there will be a monumental electoral price to pay for shutting down Uber and Lyft and robbing our independent workers of their livelihoods. The repeal vote is Monday.

• @benedictevans Benedict Evans on x

  Lesson from both California's freelance law and Australia's attempt to charge Google and Facebook for links: moral panics and wishful thinking produce bad laws that cannot be implemented and cannot deliver what you want.

• @michellesteelca Michelle Steel on x

  Thousands of jobs saved in the nick of time. #AB5 put #OC citizens within hours of losing vital transportation and jobs in the middle of a pandemic. And yet, @HarleyRouda wants to nationalize this jobs-killing legislation, ensuring more jobs are lost. https://www.msn.com/...

• @leonhwolf Leon Wolf on x

  Honestly wish the appeals court had not stepped in. Let Californians have a couple months without a gig economy before they go to the polls https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  You did not need my luck after all @dkhos! For NOW: Uber and Lyft Get Reprieve After Threatening to Shut Down https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @lorenasgonzalez Lorena on x

  Uber & Lyft can quit crying now & work on reclassifying their drivers as employees. They have been on notice for 2 years, but now they have another month to figure it out without hurting their workers. Shame on them with their scare tactics! https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @charlottegarden Charlotte Garden on x

  This is the most interesting part of the order. The companies get 2 weeks to certify they have a plan in place to comply w/ AB5 post appeal/election. If they don't both certify, the CA can apply to vacate the stay. https://twitter.com/...

• @lauren_feiner Lauren Feiner on x

  Uber and Lyft just got a temporary reprieve from an appeals court. But their CEOs need to submit sworn statements saying they have a plan to comply with the labor law if the court upholds the injunction and Uber and Lyft's ballot measure doesn't pass. https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @curtisschin @curtisschin on x

  Who you calling an employee? The Uber Lyft vs its drivers saga continues #California #labor: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @aaronpeskin Aaron Peskin on x

  Uber and Lyft want to talk about worker “flexibility”? Flexibility is having a livable wage, healthcare and the freedom to stay home if you get sick in the middle of a pandemic. #NoOn22 @jwjsf @GigWorkersRise https://twitter.com/...

• @rakeshlobster Rakesh Agrawal on x

  This whole Uber/Lyft/AB-5 thing would be much less of an issue if the U.S. actually consider society to be communal as opposed to everyone for themselves. Things like healthcare, sick leave, child care, shouldn't be left to the whims of who pays you money. (Either W2 or 1099.)

• @samaugustdean @samaugustdean on x

  I think it's fair to say that this emergency stay is *not* a direct result of tonight's threatened capital strike by Uber and Lyft but just a byproduct of the judicial system (a stay until an appeal date is not so unusual). But am I wrong? Lawyers?

• @mrrbourne Ryan Bourne on x

  Why don't Republicans make Uber & Lyft a wedge issue? Lot young professionals in cities use it as primary transport. The threat of policies that de facto abolish it, endorsed by Democrats, could put an early marker down for winning some young votes back. ABW - always be wedging.

• @lalavin666 Lauren Lavn on x

  Ok cool now let's do a general strike because fuck this https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  amazing. uber and Lyft played chicken with the government — and it worked https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @amir Amir Efrati on x

  New! Uber and Lyft not shutting down tonight after all. Appeals court granted a stay of the lower court ruling. Next up: the fight over Prop 22 in November.

• @jamestitcomb James Titcomb on x

  Uber sits in a twilight zone of being too unpopular to allow, but too popular to ban. The equilibrium is it constantly being on the verge of being outlawed. https://twitter.com/...

• @gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x

  Uber and Lyft are flouting a California state law that requires them to reclassify contract drivers as employees. Rather than comply with a judge's order, they say they'll pull out of their home market — drivers be damned By me: https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @zohrankmamdani Zohran Kwame Mamdani on x

  This is a capital strike - when big business shuts down & tries to force the state to deregulate it by starving their employees' families. They also want to send a message to NY: make us pay fair wages & we'll starve your families too. We can't be afraid. We need to be ready. htt…

• @_tylerthetyler_ Tyler Clifford on x

  California makes up about 16% of Lyft's business https://twitter.com/...

• @stevekovach Steve Kovach on x

  A must-read from @lauren_feiner on the companies that might swoop in if Uber and Lyft decide to suspend service in California. https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  it's kind of fun to see two companies, who have worked really hard to prevent drivers from bargaining collectively, unite for a political protest https://twitter.com/...

• @mattdpearce @mattdpearce on x

  Does Lyft/Uber shutting down in California in protest of new labor laws meet the definition of a capital strike? (is there a formal definition of a capital strike?)

• @erinbiba Erin Biba on x

  The disastrous AB5 law in California has ended the careers of freelancers across the state in arts, entertainment, and media. Meanwhile it hasn't even come close to achieving its stated goal of protecting gig workers. https://twitter.com/...

• @laura_nelson Laura J. Nelson on x

  Lyft makes good on its threat to suspend operations in California, its home market: https://www.lyft.com/...

• @puneetsingh Puneet Singh on x

  Along w/Uber, Lyft was ordered by a state judge to employ its drivers rather than classify them as independent contractors. But Lyft is choosing to end its service in California rather than comply with that order — at least for now *whispers* other states should enforce this too …

• @hshaban Hamza Shaban on x

  Lyft will suspend its ride-hailing operations in California at 11:59PM PT on August 20th, the company confirmed in a blog post. https://www.theverge.com/...