Uber Hackers May Have Been Russian (thetimes.co.uk) 59
Mark Bridge, reporting for The Times: Thousands of Uber customers are believed to have had their accounts hacked by Russians after users of the app (Editor's note: the link is paywalled; alternative source) reported being billed in roubles for taxi journeys they had not taken in Moscow and St Petersburg. More than 800 people in Britain and the United States have complained on Twitter that their accounts were taken over in the past year, The Times found, with the number of reports spiking in April and May. Experts said this number of Twitter reports suggested that the true figure would be much higher.
The evidence (Score:3)
Thousands of Uber customers are believed to have had their accounts hacked by Russians after users of the app reported being billed in roubles for taxi journeys they had not taken in Moscow and St Petersburg.
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But... that could mean Idaho and Florida! :-P
Re:The evidence (Score:5, Funny)
But... that could mean Idaho and Florida! :-P
Idaho is known for their mean Potato Hackers.
Re: The evidence (Score:2)
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You're just ignorant of history, the talibans (plural) were a dominant force in the region AND STILL ARE. Your attempt to throw smokescreens for Moscow is noted.
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Code litter that misdirects with the "expected" currency symbols?
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Thank you for your attempts at humor, Alabama child molester apologists. Golf clap.
-The liberals
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Liberal hackers are almost all white-hats. They also ride white horses, and fight for social justice.
If they also suck, that's because they're liberal! There is more than just one act, more than just one position.
Blame Russia once again (Score:1)
And once again , lets point the finger to Russia. Why not... Who else are we going to blame
Re:Blame Russia once again (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Blame Russia once again (Score:4, Funny)
Putin not need Uber. Putin capture bear for ride to work.
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Putin not need Uber. Putin take off shirt and attract Cossack pony for ride to work!
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You know it really gets a whole lot messier than that. When governments decided to play with contractors in computer douche baggery, those contractors started to, well, go direct. You could quite readily imagine US contractors stealing that data and partnering with Russia contractors to turn that data in profit via fraud. They don't give a fuck about anyone, whether their actions kill or not, they only serve themselves and greed and idiot governments empowered them whether US or Russian or Chinese, apparent
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Eskimos. Quite frankly I'm really disappointed at how discriminating it is that the only successful hackers seem to be Russian. Russian hackers did this, Russian hackers did that! Well damn it! when will the l33t E5k1m0s base belong to us crew start getting some respect huh?
captcha enraged
Russian? (Score:4, Funny)
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Only if the hacker is a Mensch.
Let not who cracked Uber ... (Score:5, Insightful)
distract from the heinous fact that Uber hid that they had been cracked from their customers AND in contravention of all sorts of laws.
Re: Let not who cracked Uber ... (Score:2)
Re: Let not who cracked Uber ... (Score:4, Informative)
No, actually, not everybody are criminals, and not every country is equally criminal.
Nor do multiple wrongs add to a right.
Nor does "somebody else might have done something else that was also a little bit bad" ever add up to an excuse. It just makes you look like a shill.
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using algorithms to flag purchases from locations which would be outside typical spending parameters.
And they false too damn often. I travel for work, and I've had my card disabled several times in the same month. The most humorous recent one was when I went to Walmart just a couple of miles from my home. My credit card company not only disabled my card, but they also closed my account. Their excuse was that since I had never used my card there in the over twenty years I had it, that it looked like fraud since most people either shop at Walmart or never shop there. I ended-up having to open a new acco
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In Uber's case, imagine how mad customers would be if they're traveling internationally and don't speak the language then get stranded.
FWIW you should never depend solely on Uber, especially traveling internationally. Always have a backup plan. Otherwise you'll end up with a $70 bill to go 10 minutes: and it will just be normal surge pricing as far as Uber is concerned.
My Toaster broke this morning. (Score:1, Troll)
I highly suspect it was Russians.
I got this from a highly placed source in government who sold me a Dossier that told me so.
Got it cheap to...like 15 Million.
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Imagine what a networked "smart" toaster with a printer like function could be altered to do to fun all American bread products.
Just by changing the amount of heat over both sides of the toast.
What was once a fun image outline on toast could be altered by hackers.
A once cute golden brown image on the toast could get political.
Americans could walk up to political messages crafted on both toast
Re: Stop blaming the Russians. (Score:2)
or.... (Score:3)
Uber hackers sold your accounts to Russians.
Uber Hackers may have been Russian? (Score:2)
Iranian Hackers (Score:1)
I wouldn't call this "fake news" (Score:2)