nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach, and instead arranged a $100, 000 payment to the hackers.

Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach.



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Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach

Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach, and instead arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers.