Cybersecurity
Uber's 2016 Breach Affected More Than 20 Million U.S. Users
- Federal Trade Commission, company in settlement over data leak
- Ride-hailing firm should have reported breach earlier: FTC
Uber 2016 Data Breach Affected 20M Users
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A data breach in 2016 exposed the names, phone numbers and email addresses of more than 20 million people who use Uber Technologies Inc.’s service in the U.S., authorities said on Thursday, as they chastised the ride-hailing company for not revealing the lapse earlier.
The Federal Trade Commission said Uber failed to disclose the leak last year as the agency investigated and sanctioned the company for a similar data breach that happened in 2014. Bloomberg News reported the breach in November.