[E021]Uber discloses data breach, theft of license numbers

Global ride-sharing startup Uber said Friday a data breach[数据外泄] last year may have allowed a hacker to gain access to the license numbers of some 50,000 of its drivers. Uber said in a statement it identified “a one-time access of an Uber database by an unauthorized third party” in September 2014. Uber said it also filed a lawsuit[提起诉讼] to be able to gather information to help identify and prosecute[起诉；告发] the hacker. Uber joins the ranks of other companies hit by data breaches including retailers Target and Home Depot and banking giant JPMorgan Chase, each of which saw millions of customers affected.

We are notifying[通知] impacted[受影响] drivers, but we have not received any reports of actual misuse of information as a result of this incident.

Data privacy manager Katherine Tassi