What information was leaked in the data breach of over 77000 Uber employee details?

In a letter [PDF] to affected drivers, the lawyers said they had looked into the intrusion, and had some bad news: The investigation determined that information you provided to Uber, including your name and Social Security number and/or Tax Identification number, was among the impacted data.



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What Data Did the Hacker Access? After successfully connecting to Uber's intranet, the hacker gained access to the company's VPN and discovered Microsoft Powershell scripts containing the login credentials of an admin user in Thycotic - the company's Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution.

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Uber hired Sullivan as its CSO in April 2015. At the time, Uber disclosed to the FTC that it had been the victim of a data breach in 2014. Subsequently, in May 2015, the FTC launched an investigation into Uber, requesting information on the 2014 data breach and Uber's general data security practices.

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At the time, Uber was not just one of the world's fastest-growing companies - it was one of the most controversial, dogged by court cases, allegations of sexual harassment, and data breach scandals. Eventually shareholders had enough, and Travis Kalanick was forced out in 2017.

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In 2018, Uber paid approximately $7 million to more than 480 current and former employees to settle a 2017 lawsuit alleging gender discrimination, harassment, and a hostile work environment. The lawsuit claimed that Uber used a discriminatory ranking system that undervalued female employees and employees of color.

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Uber is being sued in the US over allegations of assault by drivers on the ride-hailing platform. The filing includes allegations women passengers were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers.

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Former Chief Security Officer Of Uber Sentenced To Three Years' Probation For Covering Up Data Breach Involving Millions Of Uber User Records. Defendant also ordered to pay $50,000 fine.

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Despite prosecutors recommending at least two years of jail time, Sullivan won't spend any time in prison for his role in covering up Uber's data breach from the Federal Trade Commission in 2016.

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According to cyber security news site BleepingComputer, the leaked information includes “source code, IT asset management reports, data destruction reports, Windows domain login names and email addresses and other corporate information” as well as the “email addresses and Windows Active Directory information for over ...

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They found private authentication information that Uber engineers had accidentally exposed publicly on GitHub, a site many engineers and companies use to store code and track projects. The attack began when hackers got their hands on Uber user data stored on an Amazon server.

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On September 15, 2022, a hacker used a compromised Uber EXT account to access the company's internal systems after an employee's personal device became infected with malware and their login credentials posted to the dark web.

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Uber's former chief security officer has avoided jail and been sentenced to three years' probation for covering up a cyber-attack from authorities. Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of paying hackers $100,000 (£79,000) after they gained access to 57 million records of Uber customers, including names and phone numbers.

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Additionally, Uber says nine people were murdered during Uber rides and 58 people died in auto-related crashes. The numbers represent the first set of publicly available data regarding the safety of Uber's ride-hailing platform and how it compares to national US averages.

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Web Summit 2022: 'We were weaponising drivers,' says Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann. The former lobbyist, who blew the whistle on unethical practices at Uber, gave his insider account during an appearance at Web Summit.

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The Uber files is a global investigation based on a trove of 124,000 documents that were leaked to the Guardian by Mark MacGann, Uber's former chief lobbyist in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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What happened, exactly? Hackers breached 57 million Uber users' and drivers' accounts and demanded $100,000 to delete their copy of the stolen data. This includes names, phone numbers, email addresses and more than 600,000 US drivers' licence numbers.

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Nearly three years after driving an Uber around Kalamazoo, Michigan, and randomly shooting and killing six people, Jason Dalton was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

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