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Uber paid 20-year-old hacker to destroy stolen data: Reuters
Uber announced last month that the personal data of 57 million users, including 600,000 drivers in the United States, was stolen in a 2016 breach.1 2344![](https://www.tahawultech.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Uber-2-840x440.jpg)
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Uber agrees to $245m payout to settle Waymo dispute
As part of the agreement, Uber is giving a 0.34% stake of the company to Waymo, and has also agreed not to use Waymo’s technology in its self-driving cars, though it maintains it never did.
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Uber presents details on 2016 data breach
The two individuals responsible for hacking Uber’s data in 2016 were in Canada and Florida at the time, the ride-hailing …
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WEF 2018: technologists and futurists take centre stage
The theme for this year’s meeting of business, political and academic elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is ‘Creating a Shared Future …
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Uber security execs resign amid data breach fallout
The Uber data breach compromised information belonging to over 57 million customers and about 600,000 drivers.
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SoftBank bids to purchase Uber shares at 30 percent discount
Japanese firm SoftBank Group is offering to buy Uber Technologies’ shares at a valuation of $48 billion, a 30 percent …
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Experts: Uber’s hack cover-up shocking
Uber’s hack cover-up has brought the issues of increasing cybersecurity attacks and approaches of handling a security breach to the …
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Uber concealed massive data breach, paid hackers $100,000
Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed in a statement that towards late 2016 hackers had stolen personal data of 57 million …
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Volvo to deliver 24,000 cars for Uber’s driverless fleet
Uber Technologies has decided to purchase 24,000 sport utility vehicles from Volvo Cars to create a fleet of driverless autos, …
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SoftBank: Considering Uber but “no final agreement” yet
Japanese multinational telecommunications and Internet firm SoftBank Group said in a statement that although it is considering investing into the …