Uber said last week that in 2016 it had paid hackers $100,000 to destroy data on more than 57 million customers and drivers which had been stolen.
Washington state’s attorney general sued the ride-sharing company
**Uber** on Tuesday, alleging it had violated the state’s
**data breach** notification law. [caption id=“attachment_4232815” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![A man arrives at an Uber office. Image: Reuters]()
A man arrives at an Uber office. Image: Reuters[/caption] Uber said last week that in late 2016 it had paid hackers $100,000 to destroy data on more than 57 million customers and drivers which had been stolen from the company. It did not to report the matter to victims or authorities. Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Uber, alleging that the names and driver’s licence numbers of at least 10,888 Uber drivers in Washington state had been stolen without their being notified as state law requires.
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