Uber Reportedly Hacked in Massive Computer Network Breach — by Teenager

Uber Reportedly Hacked in Massive Computer Network Breach — by Teenager

A teenager is reportedly taking responsibility for a massive data breach at Uber, according to reports. 

“Uber discovered its computer network had been breached on Thursday, leading the company to take several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline as it investigated the extent of the hack,” reports the New York Times. 

An Uber spokesman told the Time that the company was investigating the breach and contacting law enforcement officials.

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The Times continued: 

“Uber employees were instructed not to use the company’s internal messaging service, Slack, and found that other internal systems were inaccessible, said two employees, who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Shortly before the Slack system was taken offline on Thursday afternoon, Uber employees received a message that read, ‘I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach.’ The message went on to list several internal databases that the hacker claimed had been compromised.”

“The hacker, who provided screenshots of internal Uber systems to demonstrate his access, said that he was 18 years old and had been working on his cybersecurity skills for several years,” the Times continued. “He said he had broken into Uber’s systems because the company had weak security. In the Slack message that announced the breach, the person also said Uber drivers should receive higher pay.”