Former Uber executive charged with paying 'hush money' to conceal breach
I really don't understand how this is a crime.  Bug bounty is basically hiring consultants to find bugs.  They found a bug that allowed consultant to download all the data.  Uber paid the consultant the designated bounty.  It is a done deal.<p>Implications that this is an actual breach are large.  Does that mean if I hire a red team of independent consultants and they managed to gain access to one of my backups, i have to report it as a breach?   Thats the worst case scenario.<p>The best case scenario is all companies have to pull bug bounty programs because any bug found is now considered a breach.    This actually very bad for the industry.  Bug bounties are very effective part of a comprehensive strategy to safe guard customer data.