Bloomberg is reporting that hackers stole the personal data of 57 million riders and drivers from Uber. They go on to state that this data breach has been concealed for more than a year and lead to Chief Security Office and one deputy losing their job this week. Uber paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the stolen data and keep the breach quiet, despite the fact that they had a legal obligation to report the hack to both regulators and those affected. According to an Uber statement:
- Names & driver’s licence numbers of around 600,000 drivers was breached.
- Personal information of 57 million Uber users around the world was breached. This included the following information:
- Names
- Email addresses
- Mobile phone numbers
Riders can find more information here. Drivers can find more information here.
Data breaches are all too common these days, Equifax recently reported a breach of 143 million customers. The good news is that this Uber breach doesn’t involve payment data or things like your SSN. Uber has been desperately trying to improve their image with their 180 days of change program, a data breach of this scale certainly won’t help with that.
