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Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction

Posted on By infossl
breaches, data breaches, ftc, regulation, Security technology, uber, Uncategorized

Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction. Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach, of withholding information about the 2016 incident from the FTC even as its investigators were scrutinizing the company’s data security and privacy practices. The government argued that Sullivan should have … Read More “Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction” »

The Conviction of Uber’s Chief Security Officer

Posted on By infossl
courts, cover-ups, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data breaches, data protection, Security technology, uber, Uncategorized

I have been meaning to write about Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer. He was convicted of crimes related to covering up a cyberattack against Uber. It’s a complicated case, and I’m not convinced that he deserved a guilty ruling or that it’s a good thing for the industry. I may still write something, … Read More “The Conviction of Uber’s Chief Security Officer” »

Massive Data Breach at Uber

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, data breaches, hacking, phishing, Security technology, social engineering, uber, Uncategorized

It’s big: The breach appeared to have compromised many of Uber’s internal systems, and a person claiming responsibility for the hack sent images of email, cloud storage and code repositories to cybersecurity researchers and The New York Times. “They pretty much have full access to Uber,” said Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs … Read More “Massive Data Breach at Uber” »

NTSB Investigation of Fatal Driverless Car Accident

Posted on By infossl
cars, internetofthings, Security technology, transportation, uber

Autonomous systems are going to have to do much better than this. The Uber car that hit and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Ariz., in March 2018 could not recognize all pedestrians, and was being driven by an operator likely distracted by streaming video, according to documents released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board … Read More “NTSB Investigation of Fatal Driverless Car Accident” »

Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing

Posted on By infossl
cars, gametheory, hacking, Security technology, uber

Interesting story about Uber drivers who have figured out how to game the company’s algorithms to cause surge pricing: According to the study. drivers manipulate Uber’s algorithm by logging out of the app at the same time, making it think that there is a shortage of cars. […] The study said drivers have been coordinating … Read More “Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing” »

Uber Uses Ubiquitous Surveillance to Identify and Block Regulators

Posted on By infossl
courts, edwardsnowden, nsa, power, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, termsofservice, uber

The New York Times reports that Uber developed apps that identified and blocked government regulators using the app to find evidence of illegal behavior: Yet using its app to identify and sidestep authorities in places where regulators said the company was breaking the law goes further in skirting ethical lines — and potentially legal ones, … Read More “Uber Uses Ubiquitous Surveillance to Identify and Block Regulators” »

Corporations Misusing Our Data

Posted on By infossl
cars, databases, datamining, dataprotection, essays, feudalsecurity, nsa, privacy, Security technology, uber

In the Internet age, we have no choice but to entrust our data with private companies: e-mail providers, service providers, retailers, and so on. We realize that this data is at risk from hackers. But there’s another risk as well: the employees of the companies who are holding our data for us. In the early … Read More “Corporations Misusing Our Data” »