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Uber to pay $148m penalty over data breach

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Ride – hailing service Uber agreed to pay record $ 148 million penalty over a massive 2016 data breach , which the company concealed for a year , New York ’ s attorney general announced on Wednesday .

“ This record settlement should send a clear message : we have zero tolerance for those who skirt the law and leave consumer and employee information vulnerable to exploitation, ” New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in a statement .

Uber learned of the breach in November 2016 involving personal information of 57 million riders and drivers , nearly half in the United States , the statement said .

( AFP )

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