Former Uber security chief found guilty of covering up massive 2016 data breach

Uber paid hackers $100k in Bitcoin to delete stolen data

, forcing it to temporarily take some internal systems offline.

The 2016 breach occurred when two outsiders trawling Github found credentials giving them access to Uber’s Amazon Web Services storage, which they used to download its database backups. The hackers then contacted Uber and negotiated a ransom payment in exchange for a promise to delete the stolen information, paid out in $100,000 worth of Bitcoin, and treated as part of the company’s Bug Bounty program. They eventually pleaded guilty to hacking the company in 2019.

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