UBER HACKED!!!

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It appears that there are more tales of woes for the ride-hailing company.

Uber has been sued by the state of Washington and the city of Chicago for failing to notify its drivers that their personal information was accessed as part of a major data breach, which is a contravention of state laws.

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Uber has stated that approximately 2.7 million of the 57 million global accounts compromised were from the UK. Emails, addresses, phone numbers and - for drivers - licence plates were all captured as part of the hack. However, there is no evidence that trip location history, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers or dates of birth were downloaded.

Uber had paid hackers a $100,000 ransom to destroy personal data they stole concerning more than 57 million of the ride-hailing service's customers and drivers.

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