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tldr: a hacker found several major vulnerabilities in Uber's system, including tracking its drivers and storing their GPS location in a vulnerable place. When the hacker attempted to turn these vulnerabilities in to Uber's security bounty program for the cash reward, Uber said "Yeah we know about that, so it's not a flaw, no reward." Looks pretty bad for Uber.
Bada bing, bada boom, immediately NPR runs a sappy saccharine story about Uber providing free amberlamps to the sick and needy. Corporations helping corporations, what a shocker.
It took me way too long to find a site that wasn't complete garbage talk about the security coverup, I mean one straight up had sexism and misogyny in the first sentence of the article, how am I supposed to keep track of all this cancer.
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It took me way too long to find a site that wasn't complete garbage talk about the security coverup, I mean one straight up had sexism and misogyny in the first sentence of the article, how am I supposed to keep track of all this cancer.
Yeah, it's a common problem when reading news.
Long story short, some people 'hacked' access to a lot of personal information, Uber paid them 100,000 to keep them quiet.
Just a hunch, but I don't think Uber is going to be around much longer.
You know what they say about coincidences.
Yep, some money definitely changed hands over this.
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[–] matthew-- ago (edited ago)
What does this mean?
[–] tanukihat [S] ago
This news story hit recently:
https://medium.com/bread-and-circuses/how-i-got-paid-0-from-the-uber-security-bug-bounty-aa9646aa103f
tldr: a hacker found several major vulnerabilities in Uber's system, including tracking its drivers and storing their GPS location in a vulnerable place. When the hacker attempted to turn these vulnerabilities in to Uber's security bounty program for the cash reward, Uber said "Yeah we know about that, so it's not a flaw, no reward." Looks pretty bad for Uber.
Bada bing, bada boom, immediately NPR runs a sappy saccharine story about Uber providing free amberlamps to the sick and needy. Corporations helping corporations, what a shocker.
[–] ZTSPKR ago
It took me way too long to find a site that wasn't complete garbage talk about the security coverup, I mean one straight up had sexism and misogyny in the first sentence of the article, how am I supposed to keep track of all this cancer.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609539/uber-paid-off-hackers-to-hide-massive-data-breach/
Long story short, some people 'hacked' access to a lot of personal information, Uber paid them 100,000 to keep them quiet.
You know what they say about coincidences.
[–] matthew-- ago (edited ago)
Yeah, it's a common problem when reading news.
Just a hunch, but I don't think Uber is going to be around much longer.
Yep, some money definitely changed hands over this.
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[–] ZTSPKR 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think this is the only thing I could find about not paying white hackers, one person is not significant enough to call a trend anyway. https://medium.com/bread-and-circuses/how-i-got-paid-0-from-the-uber-security-bug-bounty-aa9646aa103f
The reputation of companies suddenly becomes a lot more important than its users' personal information once you get big enough.
[–] matthew-- ago
Ah, now it makes sense now. Thanks mate.