What do folks think of this ? https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904113981/former-uber-executive-charged-with-paying-hush-money-to-conceal-massive-breach

Over reach by an aggressive prosecutor ?6%

UBERs prior CEO should be the one charged ?39%

This sort of payment/use of bug bounty happens routinely ?30%

CISOs/CSOs are now on notice for the actions they take ?16%

I am going to do a deep dive on my bug bounty program immediately ?2%

Most companies do some sort of breach coverup - especially when it comes to potential IP theft?4%

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VP of Product Management in Software5 years ago

Neal Sachdev would love your thoughts on this too.

Board Member, Advisor, Executive Coach in Software5 years ago

Joe is a good guy and I have known him for years.  Hard to fully comprehend the charges since the full context of things in the complaint is not complete.  This will be interesting to watch and see what sort of precedent this could create.  Either way - my thoughts are with Joe on this ...

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CTO in Software5 years ago

Statement from his Attorney

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no title5 years ago

Did you post a link Mike? Sorry if you did and it didn't come through.

no title5 years ago

Is this what you're referencing from the article? "If not for Mr. Sullivan's and his team's efforts, it's likely that the individuals responsible for this incident never would have been identified at all."

VP of Product Management in Software5 years ago

And Sameer Sait too 🙂

VP of Product Management in Software5 years ago

Lee Vorthman and Mike D. Kail would love your thoughts.

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