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Uber paid hackers to delete stolen data on 57 million people

Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber, a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year, Boomberg reported.

This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which included a $100,000 payment to the attackers.

Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world.

The personal information of about 7 million drivers was accessed as well, including some 600,000 U.S. driver’s license numbers.

No Social Security numbers, credit card information, trip location details or other data were taken, Uber said.

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