In between prosecuting hackers and being prosecuted, Sullivan served as the top security executive at Facebook, Uber and Cloudflare. There is an attitude that’s similar to a fender bender,” said Michael Hamilton, founder of security firm Critical Insight. And that’s not a bad thing,” said Brett Callow, who researches ransomware at security firm Emsisoft. Advertisement“Personal liability for corporate decisions with executive stakeholder input is a new territory that’s somewhat uncharted for security executives,” said Dave Shackleford, owner of Voodoo Security. The case against Sullivan was weaker in some respects than one might expect from a trial aimed at setting a precedent.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2022 22:03 UTC