Uber hacked, leading to the leakage of driver's license information
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Uber faces data breach, thousands of drivers' license information stolen, involving multiple US states. Hackers infiltrated the third-party service provider Fireworks AI and stole employee credentials to access Uber's system and obtain data. This is Uber's second security incident in 2026. Uber has started notifying affected drivers about the specific details of the data breach, and no cybercrime organization has claimed responsibility for this incident. The leaked information mainly includes drivers' license data, with Massachusetts involving 2567 people, South Carolina involving 3430 people, and Rhode Island involving 1873 people.
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Ride-hailing platform Uber suffers data breach, thousands of drivers' license information stolen, involving Massachusetts, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Illinois in the US. Hackers infiltrated third-party service provider Fireworks AI and stole employee credentials to access Uber's system and obtain data. This is Uber's second security incident in 2026, after Uber Freight was targeted by ransomware group Helix in August.
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