Hackers gained access to data stored in a third-party cloud storage account resulting in a breach affecting 57 million people, including users and drivers. The ride-sharing service paid the attackers $100,000 to keep the attack quiet. Hackers were able to access and download names and driver’s license numbers of about 600,000 drivers in the US. Uber’s chief security officer Joe Sullivan, who led the response to last year’s attack, has been terminated for concealing the breach, as well as his deputy.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/uber-paid-hackers-100k-to-conceal-2016-data-breach