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Uber's Latest Bad Thing Is Not Just About Uber

The company covered up a breach and paid off hackers, but the man who executed the operation is a Silicon Valley stalwart.
Source: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Uber was hacked last year, . Two hackers stole the contact information for 57 million people and the driver’s-license numbers for 600,000 drivers. In the hierarchy of data value, this stuff is not high up on the list. And the breadth of the hack also pales in comparison to other

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