Uber hacker 'identified' as 20-year old Florida man

Tom Allen
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Sources claim that ex-CEO Kalanick was aware of the breach and payment

Three separate sources have told Reuters that a 20-year old man from Florida was responsible for the massive data breach at Uber last year, in which more than 57 million client and driver records w...

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