Ubers Self-Driving Car Detected Pedestrian But Didnt Stop
âhttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/11/uber-did-a-bad-thing/546653/â
Summary
Uber paid a hacker $100,000 to conceal a 2016 data breach and failed to disclose the incident to users or regulators until late 2017, as confirmed by multiple reputable reports and FTC filings. The Atlantic articleâs description of Uberâs coverâup is therefore correct.
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- Exclusive: Uber paid 20-year-old Florida man to keep data breach secret - sources | Reuters
According to two of the sources, Uber made the payment to confirm the hacker's identity and have him sign a nondisclosure agreement to deter further wrongdoing. Uber also conducted a forensic analysis of the hacker's machine to make sure the data had been purged, the sources said. One source described the hacker as "living with his mom in a small home trying to help pay the bills," adding that members of Uber's security team did not want to pursue prosecution of an individual who did not appear to pose a further threat.
- Uber Survived the Spying Scandal. Some Careers Didnât. - The New York Times
But the secrecy of the tightknit team ended abruptly in 2017 when one of its members turned on the others, accusing them of stealing trade secrets, wiretapping and destroying evidence.
- Uberâs Festering Sexual Assault Problem - The New York Times
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed.
- Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals | Uber | The Guardian
Uberâs spokesperson said its kill switch software âshould never have been used to thwart legitimate regulatory actionâ and it had stopped using the system in 2017, when Khosrowshahi replaced Kalanick as CEO.
- Mace Seeks Information from Uber on Safety Protocols to Prevent Sexual Assault and Misconduct - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Recent reporting has highlighted ... news coverage states that âfrom 2017 to 2022, a total of 400,181 Uber trips resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct in the United States,â a number significantly higher ...
- Uber Agrees to Expanded Settlement with FTC Related to Privacy, Security Claims | Federal Trade Commission
The revised proposed complaint further notes that Uber paid the intruders $100,000 through its third-party âbug bountyâ program and failed to disclose the breach to consumers or the Commission until November 2017.
- Uber Settles FTC Allegations that It Made Deceptive Privacy and Data Security Claims | Federal Trade Commission
The FTCâs complaint also alleges that despite Uberâs claim that data was âsecurely stored within our databases,â Uberâs security practices failed to provide reasonable security to prevent unauthorized access to consumersâ personal information in databases Uber stored with a third-party cloud provider.
- Uber Technologies, Inc., In the Matter of | Federal Trade Commission
PRESS RELEASE: Federal Trade Commission Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Uber
- Uber and Lyft Sexual Violence Statistics | Helping Survivors of Sexual Assault and Abuse
The company has maintained that 99.9% of its U.S. trips occur without incident, but because Uber operates on such a large scale, thatâs still more than 400,000 trips resulting in reports of sexual assault or misconduct between 2017 and 2022.
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