Security: Uber and Windows Debacles
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Uber used bug bounty program to launder blackmail payment to hacker
In November, the CEO of Uber revealed that the company had paid a hacker $100,000 to delete data obtained from a 2016 breach in which 57 million Uber customers' and drivers' names, email addresses, and phone numbers were exposed. But the company did not reveal who the hacker was or how the payment was made.
A Reuters report now casts a bit more light on how the company concealed its blackmail payment—the money was paid out to an as-yet-unidentified Florida man through Uber's bug bounty program, now managed by HackerOne. How Uber officials confirmed the deletion of the data has not been revealed, and a number of US senators have asked for an investigation into the breach, citing questions about why Uber failed to contact law enforcement.
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