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Uber suffers massive database breach, exposing data of 50,000 drivers

March 1st, 2015 Pushpa Mishra Hacking News 0 comments
Uber suffers massive database breach, exposing data of 50,000 drivers
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Uber, a private international transport company headquartered at San Francisco, announced on Friday that the company had suffered a massive data breach in 2014.

In a statement released on Friday, the company admitted that their website was accessed by an unauthorized third party and sensitive data of about 50,000 drivers were stolen.

The one-time breach occurred on 13 May 2014 and the data compromised included name and license number of some driver partners. The company changed the access protocols for the database once it discovered the breach in September 2014.

Related Post: Uber App Researcher Claims Uber App is “literally malware”, Uber Denies Report.

Katherine Tassi, Uber’s Managing Counsel of Data Privacy said that:

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Uber has notified the impacted drivers and is providing a free one-year membership of Experian’s®  ProtectMyID® Alert. They have also filed a lawsuit to identify the third-party perpetrator.

“Uber takes seriously our responsibility to safeguard personal information, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this incident may cause,” said Katherine Tassi, Managing Counsel of Data Privacy at Uber.

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Pushpa is a Dubai based scientific academic editor who worked for Reuters' Zawya business magazine and at the same time a passionate writer for HackRead. From the very first day she has been a blessing for team Hackread. Thanks to her dedication and enthusiasm.

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