An 18-Year-Old Has Hacked Uber

 Earlier this week, the large ride-hailing company Uber was subject to a cyberattack. The corporation was forced to take many internal systems offline, including Slack, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform, after the attack was detected on Thursday. An 18-year-old hacker who gained administrator access to the company's internal tools is who the hacker claims to be. Uber is still looking into the teen's methods of operation. The internal tools started to come back online yesterday after being taken offline as a precaution.

Through the company's internal Slack platform, the hacker made himself known to the Uber staff by posting a message that read, "I proclaim I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach." He provided evidence for his claim by disclosing trade secrets and tweeting a hashtag accusing Uber of underpaying its drivers.

According to the suspected hacker, an Uber employee handed him a password that enabled him access to the company's internal networks, as reported by The New York Times. He had used social engineering to deceive the employee by pretending to be a corporate IT official.

Uber's systems were completely compromised, according to security experts, yet the business did not advise its users to change their passwords or other login information.

It's not the first time that a cyberattack has compromised Uber. In 2016, the business experienced a significant breach that exposed the private data of millions of consumers and drivers.

Uber's systems were completely compromised, according to security experts, yet the business did not advise its users to change their passwords or other login information.

It's not the first time that a cyberattack has compromised Uber. In 2016, the business experienced a significant breach that exposed the private data of millions of consumers and drivers.

The individual behind the Uber hack, according to The New York Times(opens in new tab), claims to have gotten access by texting a worker at Uber while posing as a member of the company's corporate IT staff. The employee was simply convinced to submit the hacker, if we can even call them that, their login information, and presto! Full access was granted.

Sam Curry, a Yuga Labs engineer, tweeted about the incident after speaking with the alleged hacker, who claims to be only 18 years old. They gave several screenshots of internal systems that appeared to be very credible in support of their claim.