Uber Just Poached Facebook's Security Chief Joe Sullivan

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.wired.com/2015/04/facebook-security-chief-joe-sullivan-join-uber/

By JESSI HEMPEL
BUSINESS
Wired.com
04.02.15

JOE SULLIVAN, THE Facebook executive in charge of keeping the social 
network’s 1.3 billion users safe, is leaving to become Uber’s first chief 
security officer.

The move is a major talent grab by the $40 billion car-hailing-app 
company, and it comes as cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick grapples with 
security concerns escalating so rapidly they threaten to slow Uber’s 
momentum.

In particular, serious accusations involving its drivers are piling up. 
District attorneys in both San Francisco and Los Angeles have filed 
lawsuits against the company, alleging its background checks aren’t 
adequate. In December, a woman in New Delhi, India accused an Uber driver 
of raping her, and the woman has since filed a lawsuit.

Meanwhile, similar allegations have cropped up in cities across the United 
States including Chicago and Boston. In London, a woman alleged an Uber 
driver sexually harassed her and asked her to perform oral sex. Just two 
days ago, the Denver Post reported that an UberX driver had been arrested 
for attempting (unsuccessfully) to break into a passenger’s home after 
dropping her at the airport.

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