Uber’s troubled past haunts criminal case of former security chief


A win for Sullivan would erode Uber’s restored reputation and cast a new cloud on how it handles sensitive driver and customer data, such as home addresses, ride destinations, credit card numbers, Weinstein said. — AFP

When Joe Sullivan was fired from his job as Uber Technologies Inc’s security chief, the ride-hailing giant declared a clean break from its problematic past.

Now, five years later, as he faces criminal charges stemming from an alleged coverup of a massive data breach, Sullivan wants to put the company, its current chief executive officer and its prior management team on trial with him.

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