Uber Hackers May Have Been Russian (thetimes.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:00AM from the tussle-continues dept.

Mark Bridge, reporting for The Times: Thousands of Uber customers are believed to have had their accounts hacked by Russians after users of the app (Editor's note: the link is paywalled; alternative source) reported being billed in roubles for taxi journeys they had not taken in Moscow and St Petersburg. More than 800 people in Britain and the United States have complained on Twitter that their accounts were taken over in the past year, The Times found, with the number of reports spiking in April and May. Experts said this number of Twitter reports suggested that the true figure would be much higher.

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Russian? by nuckfuts · 2017-11-23 07:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Would not an "Uber Hacker" be German?
Re:Blame Russia once again by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2017-11-23 07:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Putin not need Uber. Putin capture bear for ride to work.

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Re:The evidence by phantomfive · 2017-11-23 07:37 · Score: 4, Funny

But... that could mean Idaho and Florida! :-P
Idaho is known for their mean Potato Hackers.

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