Uber Lawsuit Over 2016 Massive Data Breach
Back in 2016, Uber suffered a major data breach. A hacker accessed its systems and compromised the information of 50 million riders and 7 million drivers. The hacker had access to names, email addresses, and telephone numbers, plus drivers license numbers for 600,000 customers.
Uber paid the hacker and persuaded him to sign a nondisclosure agreement. The breach wasn’t revealed until a year later.
After Uber’s announcement, state attorneys general all across the country launched an investigation into the Uber data breach. The investigation was settled by the Federal Trade Commission in April 2018 and later announced the company would pay a $148 million settlement. The settlement money was divided among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
But some Uber customers have turned to litigation. They allege that Uber was negligent and left them at risk for over a year by not disclosing the breach. One class action lawsuit, filed in April 2019, alleges that Uber failed to take “basic precautions” with its IT security practices.
Uber says that there is no evidence of fraud or misuse from the incident. But, the class action lawsuit claims that “the Uber data breach has and will result in additional identity theft/fraud.” The lawsuit is still in its early stages.
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