Security News

Fast and Furious Data Breach Scandal Overtakes Uber
2017-11-22 18:03

Ride-Sharing Firm Reportedly Fired CSO for Concealing 2016 BreachMove over Equifax. There's a massive new data breach notification in town. And Uber is still struggling to come clean about why it...

Uber suffered massive data breach, paid hackers to keep quiet about it
2017-11-22 15:58

Uber suffered a breach in October 2016, which resulted in the compromise of sensitive information of some 57 million users and drivers, and paid off the hackers to keep mum about it. Compromised...

Driving Privacy Regulators Crazy: UK Probes Uber Breach
2017-11-22 15:18

'Deliberately Concealing Breaches' Escalates Fines, Privacy Watchdog WarnsBritain's data privacy watchdog has launched a probe of the massive 2016 data breach suffered by Uber. More than 12 months...

Uber Concealed Breach of 57 Million Accounts For A Year
2017-11-22 10:48

Firm Paid Hackers $100,000, But Was It Bug Bounty Reward or Extortion Payoff?Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about a 2016 breach that exposed 57 million accounts belonging to customers...

Uber Reveals Breach of 57 Million Users, Admits to Covering Up Incident
2017-11-22 05:40

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said a 2016 data breach that exposed 57 million Uber users and subsequent payment of $100,000 to a hacker to delete data and keep it a secret is inexcusable.

After Getting Hacked, Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret
2017-11-22 01:38

Uber is in headlines once again—this time for concealing last year's data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million customers and drivers. On Tuesday, Uber announced that the company...

Uber Hacked: Information of 57 Million Users Accessed in Covered-Up Breach
2017-11-22 00:46

Uber Covered Up Massive Hack in 2016 for More Than a Year read more

Apple Allows Uber to Use a Powerful Feature that Lets it Record iPhone Screen
2017-10-06 04:41

If you are an iPhone user and use Uber app, you would be surprised to know that widely popular ride-hailing app can record your screen secretly. Security researcher Will Strafach recently revealed...

Uber to get privacy audit every two years (Help Net Security)
2017-08-16 15:35

Uber has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and obtain regular, independent audits to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers by failing to monitor...