Uber Paid 20-year-old Florida Man To Keep Data Breach Secret

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By msmashDec 7, 2017, 10:20 am152 pts
A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber last year and he was paid by the company to destroy the data through a so-called "bug bounty" program, three people familiar with the events have told Reuters. From the report: Uber announced on Nov. 21 that the personal data of 57…

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