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Report: Uber Paid Florida 20-Year-Old $100,000 Over Hack
2017-12-15 17:18

Takeaway: 'Bug Bounty' Plus NDA Still Looks Like Hush MoneyThe hacker to whom Uber paid $100,000 to destroy data and keep quiet about its big, bad breach is a 20-year-old man living in Florida, Reuters reports. But numerous questions remain about the 2016 breach, including whether the payment was a bug bounty, extortion payoff or hush money.


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