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Hackers Stole Data From 57 Million Uber Drivers and Customers, Uber Paid $100K to Hide Attack

I remember a few months ago Uber app tracked your wife to the door.
Sorry this was unexceptable.
He, the Founder looks like a guy you wouldn't want your daughter to date.
Never used them, and never will.
Avoid.
 
A company is only as good as it's Founder.

He is very very very odd. #understatement

A tech company that had surfed the wave, and succeeded by mistake.

What a Wonderful world we live in.
 
1) If I boycott every company that's had a data breach, I won't be left with many options.

2) I guess everyone praising Lyft forgot about that time that their CTO was linked to the theft of driver records from Uber.

3) I've noticed zero difference in 'quality' or even price between Uber and Lyft. I use Apple Maps to find a ride and use whichever is cheaper. They're almost always within a single penny of each other for rides in my city, and it's not like one of them has incredibly different standards for drivers or cars.

4) They got our names/numbers/address. We're all gonna survive this one. If you want a company to direct your anger to WRT a data breach, look at Equifax.
 
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Deleted my account a couple months ago but too late it seems. That company is run by crooks and it's just not "another data breach". It's a VERY long pattern of this type of unethical and criminal behavior.
 
ALSO I AM SURE HACKERS DID NOT DELETE SAID INFO.

DIALOGUE:

UBER: WILL YOU DELETE THE 57M customers.

Hacker: yeah ok;)

I mean give me a fricking break!
 
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ble-hack-update-apple-says-no-breach.2065216/

jdillings said:
As usual, Apple is going to remain silent on the hack and pretend it never happened.
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Blu Reel said:
Well, why let a hacker know that he succeeded with which method?
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jdillings said:
Because developers deserve to know if their information was compromised. If this was any other company, people would be up in arms about their lack of information about the hack.
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If only Lyft was available in my area. I’d drop Uber in a heartbeat. I hate doing business with them but it’s better than driving when you’ve potentially had to much too drink.
 
now i see it said:
All the hackers got were names and email addresses (of riders). Big deal.
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And phone numbers. And addresses of drivers.

If this is just a “big deal”, would you voluntarily post your name, phone number, email, and home address in this thread?

And this doesn’t even touch that they actively tried to cover this up.
 
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Uber are the scum, the lowest common denominator, the omeba of life.
Dispicable Company

Do not do business with them.

The Devil in deguise.

Aviod.
 
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apolloa said:
... the CEO SHOULD go to jail over this, but I doubt it.
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This is a new CEO who just found out about what happened, and is trying to set things right.

The people who should be in trouble are the previous security and legal advisers.

kas23 said:
Is this sarcasm?
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Not defending Uber, cuz I don't care about them. Just trying to slow the usual mob mentality :)

Few stop to read what happened, they just want blood. Much easier than actually thinking.

For example, apparently Uber knew the identity of the two hackers who got the info. So perhaps there was never any plan to sell the customer info in the first place, but were paid simply to keep quiet that a breach had happened.

We don't have all the background.
 
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Wait a minute, I just realized that Uber paid them to delete the data. I thought they just paid them to hide it and not do anything with it. This makes Uber look even worse, there’s no risk in informing the customers if the data is already deleted.
 
kdarling said:
If Uber hadn't paid, then the hackers would've sold the info to people up to no good.
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Afaik these weren't white hats at DEF CON. There's no reason to assume the hackers were honorable. They could have easily taken the $100K extortion and still sold the info. I'd even go further to say any criminal worth his salt would take Uber's money and sell their data - multiple times over if possible.

kdarling said:
Which would you prefer? Lots of publicity with your info sold, or no publicity and your info safe?
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Everyone would prefer no breach at all. Considering that's not possible, the choices you presented aren't the only choices available, and if I'm honest, not even realistic. As it stands this situation already has a lot of publicity and we have no idea if the info was sold or how safe it actually is. That's 57 million valid email addresses and phone numbers. Social engineering scams have had worse starts.
 
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dannyyankou said:
Wait a minute, I just realized that Uber paid them to delete the data. I thought they just paid them to hide it and not do anything with it. This makes Uber look even worse, there’s no risk in informing the customers if the data is already deleted.
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Yeah, the data was deleted, honest ;)
 
"Companies are required to disclose significant data breaches to regulators, something it has by its own admission failed to do in this case."

The fact they did not disclose, they should be shut down. End of.
 
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