⚖Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Cover Up a Breach Impacting 57 Million Customers – 2016 Data Security Incident 

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⚖Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Cover Up a Breach Impacting 57 Million Customers – 2016 Data Security Incident 

Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million Uber riders in 2016, and the company paid the cybercriminals $100,000 to keep the data breach under wraps, according to a blog post published by Uber and a story by Bloomberg.

Uber Newsroom

 https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/21/uber-data-breach-affected-users/

 

2016 Data Security Incident

https://www.uber.com/newsroom/2016-data-incident/

Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/uber-concealed-cyberattack-that-exposed-57-million-people-s-data

Uber Admits Hackers Stole Data On 57 Million Riders – Law360

https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/987795

Uber paid hackers to delete data of 57 mn users, hid fact from public: CEO

http://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/international/uber-paid-hackers-to-delete-data-of-57-mn-users-hid-fact-from-public-ceo-117112200106_1.html

Uber officially discloses data breach that affected 57M users after concealing it for a year | 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/21/uber-data-breach-affected-users/

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