Uber paid hackers Sh10m to conceal data stolen from 57 million accounts

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Uber Technologies Inc. paid hackers about Sh10 million ($100,000) to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the personal information of about 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday.

Discovery of the U.S. company’s cover-up of the incident resulted in the firing of two employees responsible for its response to the hack, said Dara Khosrowshahi, who replaced co-founder Travis Kalanick as CEO in August.

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