Uber says Fireworks AI breach exposed thousands of drivers’ licenses
Original title: Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers’ license information in data breach
State notices list 2,567 Massachusetts, 3,430 South Carolina and 1,873 Rhode Island license records; totals elsewhere are still pending.
Uber is notifying drivers that personal and driver’s license information was stolen in an October breach at vendor Fireworks AI. Uber was told on October 9 that attackers stole internal credentials and used them to reach Uber data stored with the provider. Notices seen by TechCrunch cover 2,567 people in Massachusetts, 3,430 in South Carolina and 1,873 in Rhode Island, with Illinois pending and California uncounted. Fireworks attributed the breach to a financially motivated group seeking to sell tokens for large language models, and no known group has claimed it. Notion also confirmed data stolen in the same hack.
Unconfirmed: Uber has not given a total count, and no known group has claimed the theft.
- Uber was notified by the provider on October 9.
- Massachusetts, South Carolina and Rhode Island notices cover 2,567, 3,430 and 1,873 people.
- Illinois filings say some residents were affected but the count is pending.
- Notion confirmed its data was also stolen in the Fireworks incident.
- Uber reported a separate Uber Freight incident earlier this year.
Impact: Driver personal data and driver’s license information stolen
- 1.Affected drivers should watch notices from Uber about the Fireworks AI incident.
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The ride-sharing giant said driver's license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident.
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