Hackers have stolen five million and seven million personal information of Uber drivers and passengers. However, it is not certain whether these information has been sold to a third party company. Uber authorities have already given $ 100 million to hackers to delete the stolen data.
Uber's new chief executive Dara Khosros Shahi told these blog posts in a blog post on Tuesday. News Reuters
Hackers have stolen five million seven million usernames, e-mails and mobile numbers from around the world. In addition, the hackers have stolen the driver's license number of six million Uber drivers from the United States.
In the blog post, it was said that the information was stolen in 2016, when Uber's outgoing CEO Trevis Kennic. But at that time he did not disclose this information to save himself. The main security officer Silivan was involved in stealing huge information from Uber users.
The company will now alert those who have stolen the information of the Uber driver, and take steps to prevent hackers from harming them.