Ex-Uber security chief avoids prison in obstruction case

The former chief security officer of Uber Technologies was sentenced to probation by a federal court judge as punishment for his involvement in covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million users.

Judge William Orrick on Thursday handed down the sentence of three years of probation to Joseph Sullivan in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The judge also ordered Sullivan to perform 200 hours of community service, issued a $50,000 fine, and mandated Sullivan not be allowed to travel internationally until the fine is paid.

Sullivan was found guilty by a jury in October of two felony counts of obstruction of justice and misprision of felony (concealment). He had faced up to five years in prison on the obstruction charge and three years on the concealment charge, prosecutors said at the time.