Uber Notifies Thousands of Drivers of Data Breach Involving License Information
Uber is in the process of notifying thousands of its drivers that their personal and driver's license information was compromised during a data breach in October. The incident originated with one of Uber's third-party technology providers, Fireworks AI. Uber was informed on October 9 by Fireworks AI that hackers had breached their systems, stealing internal credentials which were then used to access Uber's data. Following this notification, Uber began informing affected drivers that their personal information, stored with the compromised provider, had been exposed. According to data breach notices filed with various U.S. attorneys general, the stolen data includes driver's licenses for 2,567 individuals in Massachusetts, 3,430 in South Carolina, and 1,873 in Rhode Island. Filings in Illinois indicate that some residents also had their driver's license information stolen, with the exact number pending. Uber has also notified drivers in California, though specific numbers for that state were not disclosed. T...
