Uber is investigating a potential system breach
The New York Times is reporting that Uber has been hacked. Here’s what we know so far concerning this breaking story.
The ride-hailing company has suffered a systems breach, according to the report, with employees unable to access internal tools such as Slack. One employee resource page is said to have had a not safe for work image posted to it by the hacker. A bug bounty hunter and security engineer not involved in the alleged hack has posted a comment that is attributed to an Uber employee, who wished to remain anonymous, which claims they were told to stop using Slack and “anytime I request a website, I am taken to a page with a pornographic image” and the message ‘f*** you wankers.’
Another bug bounty hunter has tweeted a screenshot, allegedly from the hacker, where they state, “I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach. Slack has been stolen…” with a hashtag of #uberunderpaisdrives
I have seen messages from someone using the name ‘teapots2022’ who claims various Uber admin accounts are under their control. This username, along with the use of ‘wankers’ in that internal Uber system message, suggests to me the hacker could be British. A New York Times reporter says that the hacker tells them he is 18 years old and hacked the Uber systems because “they had weak security.” He further claims this was accomplished through the social engineering of an Uber employee to obtain login credentials.
It is not known what, if any, customer data or financial information might have been accessed. This is a developing story and I will update it as more details emerge.
I reached out to Uber for a comment and was pointed to an official statement posted to Twitter which reads: “We are currently responding to a cybersecurity incident. We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become available.”
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