Security News > 2022 > September > Uber investigating security breach of several internal systems

Ride-sharing company Uber suffered a security breach Thursday, Aug. 15, that forced the company to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems.

Prior to Slack being taken offline Thursday afternoon, Uber employees received a message that said, "I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach." The message also detailed several internal databases the hacker claimed had been compromised, according to the Times.

This is not the first time Uber has experienced a security breach.

Security officials did not appear to be surprised by the breach.

"This was bound to happen as attention to cloud security is often an afterthought," observed Tom Kellermann, certified information security manager and senior vice president of cyber strategy at Contrast Security.

Preventing security incidents is a "Mission impossible," noted Shira Shamban, CEO at Solvo, a Tel Aviv-based security cloud automation enabler.

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