Controversial ride-sharing service Uber is investigating a major cyber security breach that has forced it to take a number of critical systems offline following an alleged social engineering attack on an employee by an apparent teenage hacktivist.
The incident came to light late on Thursday 15 September when according to the New York Times, which was first to report the story, an individual claiming responsibility for the attack shared screengrabs of various compromised Uber resources with the newspaper, and with security researchers.
Uber’s communications team confirmed the breach via Twitter at 2:25am BST on Friday 16 September. They said: “We are currently responding to a cyber security incident. We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become available.”
Uber had not provided any additional comment on the incident at the time of writing.
More details at Computerweekly.com
