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Uber Reveals 2016 Breach of 57 Million User Accounts

22

Nov

2017

Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies revealed Tuesday that the company suffered a breach of 57 million Uber user accounts in 2016. According to reports, Uber then attempted to cover up the incident by paying $100,000 to attackers to keep the hack a secret and delete the data. Read More

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Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing

09

Aug

2017

Interesting story about Uber drivers who have figured out how to game the company’s algorithms to cause surge pricing: According to the study. drivers manipulate Uber’s algorithm by logging out of the app at the same time, making it think that there is a shortage of cars.

Category Hacker Security Written by Schneier 0 Comments

Hack DHS Act bug bounty program proposed by US senators

29

May

2017

Tech giants including Apple, Tesla, Uber, Microsoft, Facebook and Google have already implemented bug bounty programs, and other organizations seem to be following in their footsteps. After the Pentagon introduced ‘Hack the Pentagon’ last year, it is now the US Department of Homeland Security’s turn to initiate a bug bounty program.

Category Hacker Tech Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

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