In November 2016, when there was a data leakage, Uber paid 100 ths dollars to hackers for keeping silent.
Uber will pay 148 million dollars for concealing a gross violation of drivers’ data confidentiality in 2016, Reuters reports on Thursday, September 27, correspondent reports.
“The investigation continued for 10 months and detected a data leakage with 57 mln Uber accounts, among which are 600 ths driving licenses’ numbers”, the message says.
The court also obligated Uber to submit a quarterly report on any data security-related incidents within two years.
It should be noted that in November 2016, when there was a data leakage, Uber paid hackers 100 ths dollars for keeping silent. One of them is 20-year-old man from Florida and the citizen of Canada.
It should be reminded that in Q2, 2018, Uber decreased its net losses by 16% amid its business expansion worldwide.
