Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
It’s surprising to some and shocking to many. Despite a
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After ride-hailing service Uber discovered it had been PWNd by outside hackers who obtained the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers related to some 57 million user accounts globally and the driver’s license numbers of around 600,000 d… Continue reading Data Breach? Uber Has Bigger Problems
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
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said a 2016 data breach that exposed 57 million Uber users and subsequent payment of $100,000 to a hacker to delete data and keep it a secret is inexcusable. Continue reading Uber Reveals Breach of 57 Million Users, Admits to Covering Up Incident
Uber suffered a data breach in 2016, but didn’t tell anyone – instead, it seems the company paid the hackers to help to hush it up. Continue reading Uber suffered massive data breach, then paid hackers to keep quiet
You can ask forgiveness for being hacked, but many people will find it harder to forgive and forget if you deliberately concealed the truth from them.
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A massive breach impacting 57 million Uber customers and drivers went undisclosed for more than a year. According to Bloomberg, the ride-hailing app ousted its Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and one of his deputies for attempting to conceal the da… Continue reading Uber Reportedly Paid Hackers $100K to Conceal Data Breach Impacting 57M Users
Uber paid to hide a data breach that revealed sensitive information on 57 million customers and drivers, leading to the dismissal of Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan. The breach took place in October 2016 and revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers and U.S. driver’s license numbers. Social Security numbers, location data and payment data was not accessed, Uber said. The company paid the hackers $100,000 to stay quiet and delete the data. Uber has not revealed the identities of the hackers. The breach and the payment to hackers was first reported by Bloomberg. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating the hack. According to the report, hackers first breached the ridesharing company through an Uber-owned GitHub account. They found more credentials there, including usernames and passwords to an Amazon Web Services account that held rider and driver information. With the information in hand, they demanded money from the company. “I recently learned […]
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In addition to being yet another public relations nightmare for Uber, the way the company handled the breach might be in violation of data breach disclosure laws. Continue reading Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Cover Up a Breach Impacting 57 Million Customers
By Uzair Amir
Ride-hailing apps are currently in vogue now, there are countless
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