Uber has formally accepted accountability for hiding a 2016 information breach that uncovered the info of 57 million passengers and drivers. On Friday, the corporate entered right into a non-prosecution settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), stories Reuters. As a part of the deal, Uber admitted it failed to tell the company of the cyberattack. It additionally agreed to cooperate within the prosecution of former chief safety officer Joe Sullivan who was fired by the corporate shortly after the incident got here to mild.
Uber didn’t instantly reply to Engadget’s request for remark. The firm first revealed the main points of the info breach in 2017. Instead of sharing what it knew concerning the incident with the federal government and customers, the corporate paid hackers $100,000 to the delete the data and keep quiet. “None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it,” stated Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s then just lately appointed CEO, on the time of the disclosure. “While I can’t erase the past, I can commit on behalf of every Uber employee that we will learn from our mistakes.” In 2018, Uber paid $148 million to settle allegations by US state attorneys basic the corporate was too gradual to reveal the incident.