by Admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Online Fraud, Recent Articles
One of the hackers involved in stealing data connected to 57 million Uber users in 2016 was located in Canada. The ride-hailing company revealed the hacker reached out to the company in November 2016, asking for a “six-figure payment,” but it was an...
by Admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Featured, Financial Fraud
When news broke that controversial car-hailing service, Uber, admitted to a breach of company security that amounted to stolen customer data, nobody was seriously surprised. Even when it came to light that Uber reportedly paid the hackers $100,000 to destroy the...
by Admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Corporate Frauds, Recent Articles, Uncategorized
The country’s privacy commissioner is opening a formal investigation into a 2016 Uber breach that compromised the personal information of tens of millions of the ride-hailing service’s users. Similar investigations have been launched by authorities in the...
by Admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles, Uncategorized
Uber Canada said late Monday that 815,000 Canadian riders and drivers may have been affected as part of its worldwide data breach announced in November. The disclosure came the same day the federal privacy commissioner said it had opened a formal investigation into...
by Admin | Nov 22, 2017 | Corporate Frauds, Featured, Uncategorized
At this point it’s not surprising that Uber, the illustrious and often maligned ride sharing service, suffered a massive data breach last year. Massive as in 57 million of it’s users had personal information stolen by a group of hackers. While it’s not yet known if...