Cyber Security News reports:
Uber has confirmed a data breach involving the personal information of thousands of U.S. drivers after hackers accessed records held by Fireworks AI, a third-party technology provider.
The exposed information includes driver’s license details. Uber is notifying affected people, but it has not disclosed the total number impacted nationwide.
The incident became known to Uber on October 9, 2026, when its service provider reported that an unauthorized party had compromised internal login credentials. Those credentials allowed the attacker to access Uber’s account with the provider, creating a path to personal records stored outside Uber’s own systems.
Uber said it immediately cut its data connections with the provider and opened an investigation.
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