Hackers had stolen 57 million driver and rider accounts, and the company had kept the data breach secret for more than a year after paying a $100,000 ransom. Read the report by Mike Isaac, Katie Benner, and Sheera Frenkel of the New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/uber-hack.html
Uber hid 2016 breach, paying hackers to delete stolen data — The New York Times
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