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Uber seeks to block former security chief's access to documents involving alleged coverup of 2016 data breach

By Mike Swift
  • 17 Dec 2021 15:22
  • 17 Dec 2021 15:22
Uber Technologies is moving to block a subpoena from its former security chief, calling it a “classic fishing expedition” and a “grossly overbroad” effort to gain information on what the company’s leadership knew about the alleged coverup of a 2016 data breach.
Joseph Sullivan is facing criminal charges that he

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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