Uber paid off a 20-365 days-old Florida man to ruin hacked files

Computer virus bounties (the set compensation is offered to hackers who salvage vulnerabilities) are current within tech circles — everybody from Apple to Samsung makes use of them. And, whereas extremely-publicized rewards of as much as $200,000 are the norm, it be rare that the supreme sum is distributed to anybody person. Making Uber’s $A hundred,000 silent payout an all-time file for HackerOne, the agency that hosts Uber’s malicious program bounty program, in accordance to a feeble exec who spoke to Reuters.

The Florida hacker, described in the file as « living with his mother, » reportedly paid a 2nd particular person for serve having access to GitHub’s resources to gain credentials for Uber files saved in other locations.

Upon divulging the breach final month, the company fired chief security officer Joe Sullivan and one in every of his deputies, senior attorney Craig Clark, for overlaying up the breach. But Reuters sources bid the coverup went straight to the tip of the food chain to feeble CEO Travis Kalanick. Both Uber and Kalanick refused to comment.