Collaborate Disseminate
Two grey hat hackers have pleaded guilty to blackmailing Uber, LinkedIn, and other U.S. corporations for money in exchange for promises to delete data of millions of customers they had stolen in late 2016.
In a San Jose courthouse in California on Wed… Continue reading Two Hackers Who Extorted Money From Uber and LinkedIn Plead Guilty
Last year, Uber received an email from an anonymous person demanding money in exchange for the stolen user database.
It turns out that a 20-year-old Florida man, with the help of another, breached Uber’s system last year and was paid a huge amount by … Continue reading Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret
Only after a few days of Uber admitting last year’s data breach of 57 million customers, the popular image sharing site disclosed that it had suffered a major data breach in 2014 that compromised email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accoun… Continue reading Imgur—Popular Image Sharing Site Was Hacked In 2014; Passwords Compromised
Uber is in headlines once again—this time for concealing last year’s data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million customers and drivers.
On Tuesday, Uber announced that the company suffered a massive data breach in October 2016 that exposed na… Continue reading After Getting Hacked, Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret