Last Update: 18 September 2022, 14:02 IST
Uber recently suffered a data hack
The cab aggregate platform was facing allegations of a data breach that exposed all confidential details of its users.
Uber said on Saturday that no personal information of its users was exposed in a data breach by an 18-year-old hacker.
The company said in a latest statement that its investigation and response efforts are ongoing. “We have no evidence that the incident involved access to sensitive user data (such as travel history),” Uber said.
An 18-year-old hacker broke into Uber’s internal systems, accessed the company’s tools, including Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, and thought employees were playing mischief.
The hacker made himself known to Uber employees by posting a message on Slack, the company’s internal communication system. Uber said that all our services, including Uber, Uber Eats, Uber Freight and the Uber Driver app, are operational.
The company reiterated that it has notified law enforcement agencies. “Internal software tools that we removed yesterday as a precaution are back online this morning,” the ride-hailing platform said.
In October 2016, hackers hit Uber with a massive cybersecurity attack, exposing the confidential data of 57 million customers and drivers.
This time, the teen hacker listed confidential company information and posted a hashtag saying Uber “pays its drivers less” on internal communications platform Slack.
The hacker said he broke into the Uber system because “they had weak security”.
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