HackingTechnologyTransportation & LogisticsInformationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 17, 2014

Filed

Jun 16, 2016

To disclose

21 months

Affected

1,355state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. →10 incidents on file

Uber Technologies filed a supplemental notice with the Washington AG regarding unauthorized access to a proprietary database. Access occurred on May 13, 2014, using valid credentials. The breach was discovered in September 2014, but additional driver data (names, driver's license numbers) was identified in May 2016. 1,355 Washington residents were notified in June 2016. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 127 days

discovery → filing · 21 months / 638 days

May 13, 2014

Begins

Sep 17, 2014

Discovered

Jun 16, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+80 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7d2eb1fa183e80d02016-06-15 · +1dCandidate

Name: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
norm: uber technologies
Domain: uber.com

Name: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
norm: uber technologies
Domain: uber.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTransportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Sep 17, 2014
Breach occurred: May 13, 2014
Undetected for: 127 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,355state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General's Office
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Ensured the database was no longer accessible using that information
Took additional safety measures to protect your information
Continued to investigate the incident
Offering a complimentary one-year enrollment in My TransUnion Monitoring
Changes made: Restricted access to the database
Offering a complimentary one-year enrollment in My TransUnion Monitoring, a credit monitoring service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 months(638 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJun 15 · first

Washington State AG+1d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9627.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 16, 2016
Raw hash: 24ecc7122d2982e7df64e19b8fcac3de7e975c92cabe340fc17759efefc984f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Victim entityUBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 17, 2014

Stated responseEnsured the database was no longer accessible using that information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com