The
hacker who obtained access to data from 57 million Uber accounts
reportedly was “living with his mom in a small home trying to help pay
the bills,” according to sources who spoke to Reuters.
The hack occurred in 2016 but was only unveiled this year after Uber
paid the hacker $100,000 to cover up the data theft. The company
reportedly paid the hacker the money under the guise of a “bug bounty”
program run by HackerOne. Reuters is reporting that
sources say Uber paid the hacker the bounty through HackerOne in order
to confirm his identity and get him to sign a nondisclosure agreement to
deter further wrongdoing. Another source told Reuters
that Uber’s security team did not want to pursue prosecution of the
20-year-old since he destroyed the data when asked and appeared to pose
no further threat.MG.
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