Uber has officially accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that exposed the company’s data . On Friday, the company signed a non-prosecution agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reports . As part of the settlement, Uber admitted it failed to notify the agency of the cyberattack. It also agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of former security chief Joe Sullivan, who was fired by the company shortly after the case came to light.
Uber did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment. The company first disclosed details of the data breach in 2017. Instead of sharing what it knew about the incident with governments and users, the company paid hackers $100,000 to delete the information. and keep quiet. Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s , at the time of disclosure. “While I cannot erase the past, I can pledge on behalf of every Uber employee that we will learn from our mistakes.” In 2018, Uber paid $148 million to settle allegations by the US state attorney general that the company was too slow to disclose the case.
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