Uber Defends Bug Bounty Hacker Program to Washington Lawmakers

Uber’s information security chief, John Flynn, defended the company’s practice of paying hackers to find security flaws as he faced lawmakers over a data breach in 2016 where hackers stole the personal information from 57 million people.

“Uber’s bug bounty program unquestionably has increased the scale and speed at which we are able to identify and eliminate cybersecurity threats,” Flynn told members of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance, and data security, in written remarks.