Uber says ‘no evidence’ user accounts were compromised in hack

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Uber says there is “no evidence” that any of its users’ private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer systems, which was discovered Thursday. All of the company’s products, including its ride-hail and Uber Eats food delivery services, are currently “operational,” and law enforcement has been notified, Uber said in a statement this afternoon.

The hack, which was discovered Thursday, forced the company to take several of its internal systems offline, including Slack, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform. Uber is continuing to investigate how a hacker, who claims to be 18 years old, was able to gain administrator access to the company’s internal tools.

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