A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously upheld former Uber security chief Joseph Sullivan’s 2022 conviction on charges he covered up a massive data breach at the company and obstructed a regulator’s investigation into its security practices.
In a quest to clear his name, Sullivan in October 2023 appealed his conviction, even though the federal judge who oversaw the nearly month-long trial had spared him from prison. San Francisco federal Judge William Orrick could have put Sullivan behind bars for up to eight years but sentenced him to just three months of probation and 200 hours of community service.