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    Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People’s Data privacy security bloomberg.com
    numberten avatar via numberten 9 months ago | cached | 5 comments

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    cnst avatar cnst 9 months ago | link

    So, Uber decided to pay bribes to the assailants, and hide the fact that they were hacked?! And it’s all under an NDA, I gather, so, no worries?!

    On the one hand, that’s an applaudable bug-bounty programme.

    But on the other, at this point, I don’t think any sort of mafia-like behaviours of Uber should come as any surprise to anyone.

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      chexxor avatar chexxor 9 months ago | link

      Their AWS access codes were stored in their private GitHub? I’d not expected that. 🤔

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        pgl avatar pgl 9 months ago | link

        … again.

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          pgl avatar pgl edited 9 months ago | link

          Edit: For the record, this is what I’m talking about: https://www.wired.com/story/uber-settles-with-ftc-again-this-time-over-2014-privacy-breach/

          After all, it gives the FTC oversight over the company’s privacy and security practices for 20 years.

          So much for that, then.

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          mulander avatar mulander 9 months ago | link

          How did Ashley Madison end? Their site seems to still be up, I haven’t heard of any huge fines being administered to them? Did anyone go to jail?

          It will be the same thing over again, a bit of media fuss for a week or two. Then silence and perhaps some mid-level managers kicked out with a fat bonus on their way out.