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Uber had a massive data hack - here's how worried you should be

By Chris Baraniuk

22 November 2017 Last updated 22 November 2017

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Have you been pwned?

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Uber revealed on Tuesday that it has kept a massive data breach affecting 57 million people quiet for more than a year. The hackers, the company toldĀ Ā found the data onĀ an Amazon cloud serverĀ used by the firm. To keep the leak secret, Uber paid the hackers a ransom of $100,000.

ā€œNone of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it,ā€ Dara Kosrowshahi, who recentlyĀ took over the roleĀ Travis Kalanick had at the time of the incident.

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