Uber poaches Facebook's chief security officer

Uber is hiring Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan, a former Department of Justice cybercrime prosecutor, as its new chief security officer.

According to Tech Times, the hiring comes two months after Uber admitted its database suffered an intrusion in 2014, putting drivers' names and license numbers at risk.

"We are both in cyberspace and on city streets all at once; a bridge between bits and atoms. And as we get into tens of millions of rides a week, we continue to challenge ourselves to do even better when it comes to safety and data security," Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said in a blog post announcing Sullivan's hire.

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