Uber will pay $148M to US states to settle claims from 2016 breach

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California authorities announced Wednesday morning that Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to settle legal claims surrounding its 2016 massive data breach and subsequent coverup.

The breach—where 57 million customers’ and drivers’ names, email addresses, and phone numbers were compromised—wasn’t disclosed until November 2017.

As Ars reported previously, Uber paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data they had taken and not publicize the breach. At the time of the breach, Uber was negotiating with federal regulators over different privacy concerns.