Uber Technologies has revealed to Britain's information protection regulator that 2.7 1000000 British users were affected past times a 2016 safety breach, which was covered upward for to a greater extent than than a year.
The breach compromised personal information of to a greater extent than than 57 1000000 riders too drivers worldwide. The leaked information includes users names, mobile telephone numbers too e-mail addresses.
“Uber has confirmed its information breach inwards Oct 2016 affected about 2.7 1000000 user accounts inwards the U.K.,” said James Dipple-Johnstone, the deputy commissioner of the Information Commissioner’s Office information regulator.
ICO said they desire the companionship to notify all their affected British users, both Uber drivers, too passengers, equally presently equally possible.
An ICO spokesman said: "As business office of our investigation nosotros are all the same waiting for technical reports which should give amount confirmation of the figures too the type of personal information that has been compromised."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan described the latest evolution equally the "shocking" incident.
"Uber needs to urgently confirm which of their customers are affected, what is beingness done to ensure these customers don't hold out adversely, too what activeness is beingness taken to forestall this happening over again inwards the future," he said.
The breach compromised personal information of to a greater extent than than 57 1000000 riders too drivers worldwide. The leaked information includes users names, mobile telephone numbers too e-mail addresses.
“Uber has confirmed its information breach inwards Oct 2016 affected about 2.7 1000000 user accounts inwards the U.K.,” said James Dipple-Johnstone, the deputy commissioner of the Information Commissioner’s Office information regulator.
ICO said they desire the companionship to notify all their affected British users, both Uber drivers, too passengers, equally presently equally possible.
An ICO spokesman said: "As business office of our investigation nosotros are all the same waiting for technical reports which should give amount confirmation of the figures too the type of personal information that has been compromised."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan described the latest evolution equally the "shocking" incident.
"Uber needs to urgently confirm which of their customers are affected, what is beingness done to ensure these customers don't hold out adversely, too what activeness is beingness taken to forestall this happening over again inwards the future," he said.
