Discovery of the company's cover-up of the incident resulted in the firing of two employees who led Uber's response to the hack.
TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO: Struggling ride-hailing firm Uber faces a fresh regulatory crackdown after disclosing it paid hackers US$100,000 (RM411,400) to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed personal data from around 57 million accounts.
Discovery of the US company's cover-up of the incident resulted in the firing of two employees responsible for its response to the hack, said Dara Khosrowshahi, who replaced co-founder Travis Kalanick as chief executive in August.
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