Uber Hack
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Uber probing ‘cybersecurity incident’ after report of breachA person, claiming responsibility for the hack, told the New York Times that he had sent a text message to an Uber employee claiming to be a corporate IT person.WorldSep 16, 2022
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Uber will inform all Canadians whose data may have been compromised in 2016 breachUber says it will inform all Canadians whose personal data may have been compromised in a 2016 breach after Alberta's privacy commissioner ruled it must do so.CanadaMar 9, 2018
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Uber hackers were located in Canada and Florida, company saysThe two people behind a 2016 data breach at Uber Technologies Inc were found to be in Canada and Florida, an Uber cyber security executive told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.CanadaFeb 6, 2018
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Uber hack prompts formal federal privacy investigationPrivacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has opened a formal investigation into the hack of Uber announced last month that compromised the personal information of roughly 57 million customers around the world.PoliticsDec 11, 2017
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Uber paid 20-year-old Florida man to keep data breach secretA 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data.Dec 6, 2017
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Uber told potential investor SoftBank about data breach before making details publicUber described its early discussion with SoftBank when asked to comment on a Thursday Wall Street Journal report on the disclosureConsumerNov 23, 2017
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Uber hack: NDP requests formal investigation into breachThe NDP is calling for a formal investigation into a hack of Uber that compromised the data of 57 million users last year.PoliticsNov 23, 2017
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Uber hack renews call for law forcing companies to alert consumers to breachesPrivacy advocates have called on the government for years to implement what is known as "mandatory breach reporting," which would require companies to alert consumers when their information is breached.PoliticsNov 22, 2017
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Uber reveals 2016 hack, reports say it paid $100,000 to cover up57 million Uber users’ information could be vulnerable from a 2016 hack into the ride-sharing app’s systems.TechNov 21, 2017
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