Veiled among all the holiday and political news Uber disclosed hackers accessed the personal information of 57 million riders and drivers in 2016, a breach it didn't announce until last week.
Uber paid hackers a $100,000 ransom to destroy the data at the time of the breach, and did not tell regulators or users. Uber said it received assurances of the data's destruction.
Dara Khosrowshahi, the new Uber CEO, said two hackers stole company data in late 2016 including personal information such as phone numbers, email addresses, and names, of 57 million Uber users. The hackers also stole 600,000 license numbers of company drivers.
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