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Former Uber chief security officer to face wire fraud charges over coverup of 2016 hack

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A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan must face wire fraud charges over allegations that he covered up a security breach involving the theft of 57 million passenger and driver records.

Sullivan (pictured) was initially charged in August 2020 with obstruction of justice and “misprision” or concealment of a felony by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California. The Department of Justice added three additional changers against Sullivan in December, claiming that he arranged to pay money to two hackers to conceal the hacking.

Reuters reported Tuesday that lawyers for Sullivan argued prosecutors did not adequately allege he concealed the hacking to ensure that Uber drivers would not flee and would continue paying service fees. Judge William Orrick also rejected a claim that Sullivan was only attempting to deceive Uber’s then-Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick and Uber’s general counsel, not drivers.

“Those purported misrepresentations, though not made directly to Uber drivers, were part of a larger scheme to defraud them,” Orrick wrote.

The theft of the 57 million records took place in 2016 and came after Sullivan had assisted the Federal Trade Commission concerning Uber’s security practices following an earlier breach in 2014. Sullivan was made aware of the 2016 hack 10 days after providing testimony to the FTC but allegedly took steps to hide the details.

It is alleged that Sullivan paid the hackers by funneling the payoff through Uber’s bug bounty program. Sullivan also sought to have the hackers sign nondisclosure agreements that included a false representation that the hackers did not take or store any data. It was also alleged that Kalanick was aware of Sullivan’s actions.

The details of the hack only came to light when current CEO Dara Khosrowshahi took over the reins at Uber, but even then, Sullivan allegedly deceived the new management team by failing to provide them with critical details.

Uber paid $148 million in September 2018 to settle various investigations into the hack and it failed to disclose it at the time it happened. The two hackers were…

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Why Accenture’s New Security Chief Aims To Hire More Non-IT Workers To Combat Cybercrime

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Even though he already has 16,000 employees under his command, Paolo Dal Cin, the new chief of Accenture’s global cybersecurity business, knows he’ll need more people to combat the ever-growing threat of cyberattacks.

But Dal Cin, formerly Accenture’s cybersecurity chief for Europe, says fighting cybercriminals isn’t just about technology. It’s also about understanding the mindset of cybercriminals.

So Dal Cin, who took command of Accenture’s global security business on May 1, said he wants to hire more non-IT people, such as criminologists and social scientists, to help in the battle against cyber-attackers.

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“What we want to do is not to just hire more, but to hire more diverse talent,” Dal Cin said in a recent wide-ranging interview with CRN.

“Security is becoming more multidisciplinary. We want to involve people that (are) studying social sciences. We’d like to have more criminologists. We’d like to add people with a different background. When you are doing a threat analysis, it is very important to understand the threat-actor mindset. This is not just about technical skills. It is more also about soft skills. So we want to diversify our talent pool.”

He added: “Looking forward, we want to attract people not just from, you know, engineering or computer science degree, but from a much broader talent pool.”

And Dal Cin, who is based in Milan, Italy, and who has worked at Accenture since 2003, said he also wants to hire more personnel with deep knowledge of specific industries, in order to better understand the security needs of large enterprise and other clients.

“We’d like to have also more people really dig into specific industries,” Dal Cin said. “Protecting a national critical infrastructure like a utility company is quite different from protecting a banking institution. They have different goals (and needs) in security in order to protect their value chains. So for us, it’s also important to understand even more the industry (of a client), the specific industry business, in order not to just to protect the technology. We deeply believe that security…

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New Army Chief underlines need for ‘indigenous weapons’ to fight conventional wars

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By Ajit K Dubey The Russia-Ukraine war has taught India to be prepared to fight conventional wars besides building capacity using indigenous weapon systems, said Army chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday soon after taking over his assignment.

In an exclusive with ANI after assuming the office of the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Pande said, “The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has taught the Indian Army that it should be prepared to fight conventional wars too and that capacity should be built using indigenous weapon systems. The ongoing conflict has brought out that the conventional wars are there to stay and we need to continue to focus on our capability development to fight a conventional war.” Citing the use of modern technology in the over two-month-long conflict between the two countries, the Army Chief stressed on the continuation of India’s focus on capability development to fight a conventional war.

“In over two months-long conflict going on between Russia and Ukraine, we have seen the use of artillery guns, tanks, air defence guns and anti-tank guided missiles drones and counter-drone systems. What we need to derive from it is that we need to continue to focus on capability development to fight a conventional war… We need to rely on our indigenous weapon systems and equipment & develop that capacity,” the Army Chief said. Talking about the dimensions of war in the modern era exposed by the Russia-Ukraine war, Gen Pande said that it has brought to the fore the “importance of non-kinetic means of warfare, such as information and cyber warfare”.

“To that extent, we are aligned with self-reliance and Make In India initiatives. We need to build our capabilities as we prepare ourselves for future conflict,” the Army Chief added. (ANI)

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OYO Appoints Ex-PayU Exec. Prakash Padariya As Chief Information Security Officer

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Global hospitality technology platform, OYO, has announced the appointment of Prakash Padariya as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for IT and security teams. In his role at OYO, Prakash will helm a security strategy for OYO’s systems globally, including regions such as India, SEA, Europe, USA and the UK. 

In his role as CISO at OYO, Prakash will lead the operations for teams working specifically for IT and Cyber Security services. In addition to this, Prakash will be also responsible for leveraging technologies such as big data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance cyber security functions from the ground. Padariya joins OYO from Netherlands headquartered online payment solutions provider PayU, where he was in a similar role. 

He brings with him 19+ years of experience across geographies with extensive expertise in corporate security consulting, cyber security, cyber warfare, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, surveillance audits, legal regulatory compliance, computer forensics, law enforcement cybercrime prevention, among others. Besides PayU, Prakash has worked in senior management roles across leading Fortune 100 MNCs like GE, Royal Bank of Scotland, IBM, Target Corporation and Accenture. 

At OYO, Padariya will directly report into the company’s Chief Technology Officer – Ankit Mathuria. Commenting on his appointment, Prakash Padariya, Chief Information Security Officer, OYO said, “I am super excited to join OYO at this stage where all of travel is transforming and resurging post-COVID-19. I am honored to be a part of this team and can’t wait to start developing solutions to enhance the maturity of all of OYO’s products to the next level of security and privacy.” 

Commenting on Prakash’s appointment, Ankit Mathuria, Chief Technology Officer, OYO said, “OYO’s data privacy and security are at the core of how we build technology. And for this reason, we believe in working with industry experts who can best lead the…

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