Uber says 1.2 million Australian accounts were breached in worldwide hack | afr.com

Posted by Steven Kirby | Dec 1, 2017 | Australia, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Breach Notification, Data Breach, Privacy, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Uber has put a local number on the extent of its belatedly revealed hack, and pledged to be open with regulator’s questions.

Source: Uber says 1.2 million Australian accounts were breached in worldwide hack | afr.com

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