Uber hacking: customers not at risk of financial crime, says minister
There is no evidence that Uber customers who had their personal details stolen are at risk of direct financial crime, a minister has insisted, despite hundreds of users complaining that their accounts have been hacked from Russia.
The digital minister, Matt Hancock, told the House of Commons that the government was still trying to gauge the number of people in the UK affected by the global breach of the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers in October last year, which the company initially concealed.
On Thursday, the Times reported that more than 800 people in Britain and the US have complained on Twitter of having their accounts hacked by Russians and being billed in roubles for taxi journeys in Moscow and St Petersburg. http://passworday.org
Those hacks could be unrelated to last year’s breach, but since the October attack came to light on Monday, some users have suggested there was a link, despite Uber’s protestations that there was no evidence of fraud...