Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers and the ride-hailing company allegedly paid them $100,000 to delete the information and go away’.
The data was compromised in October 2016, and Uber has managed to conceal the breach for more than a year, according to Bloomberg.
Uber claims that they were negotiating with US regulators investigating separate claims of privacy violations at the time of the breach.
Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers and the ride-hailing company allegedly paid them $100,000 to delete the information and go away’
The data was compromised in October 2016, and Uber has managed to conceal the breach for more than a year. Joe Sullivan (left), Uber’s chief security officer, was fired this week for his role in keeping the hack quiet
But the company now admits they had a legal obligation to report the hack to regulators and to drivers whose license numbers were taken.
However, Uber reportedly paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the data instead.
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s chief security officer, was fired this week for his role in keeping the hack quiet.
One of Sullivan’s deputies was also fired for helping.
The hackers stole names, email addresses, and phone numbers from 50 million Uber riders worldwide, Uber told Bloomberg on Tuesday.
Personal information from 7 million drivers was also compromised. That figure includes about 600,000 US driver’s license numbers that were stolen.
Uber claims that no one’s Social Security numbers, credit card details, or trip location information was stolen.