Uber states it is investigating a cybersecurity incident

Uber was hacked and had to shut down its internal messaging and engineering systems to investigate. The New York Times. Sources close to the publication claim that employees were warned not to log on to Slack. A message posted by the bad actor, which read “I Announce I am a Hacker and Uber has suffered data breaches” (alongside a lot of emoticons), was sent to them before the site was taken down. The company sent a tweet to confirm the breach. They said it is currently investigating a cybersecurity issue and was in touch with law enforcement. 

The company did not say exactly what the hacker had access to or if any user data was compromised. The TimesThe hacker claimed that the Slack message contained a list of databases they claimed to have been able to access, but this was not confirmed by him. Based on screenshots taken by The Washington PostBad actor claimed that he was able to access internal code and messages data. Uber spokesperson said that the bad actor was able post on Slack using the account of a worker. The bad actor then gained access Uber’s internal systems and posted an explicit image on an internal page.

Sam Curry, a security researcher and bug bounty hunter, tweeted information reportedly received from Uber employees that could relate to that photo.

Uber’s admission of the incident and prompt contact with authorities is a huge departure from its 2016 data breach handling. The company This attack was hiddenIt paid $100,000 to the hackers to delete the stolen information. Joseph Sullivan, former Uber security chief, was fired. ChargedHe was charged with obstruction of justice due to his role in the coverup. However, his lawyers claimed that he was being used as a scapegoat. Uber Arrangements made with the Justice DepartmentFor failing to report the breach in July of this year.