優步因瞞報數據被盜以近1.5億美元庭外和解

The ride-hailing service Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to settle claims that it concealed a massive data breach that exposed personal information of drivers and customers.

In November 2016, Uber learned that hackers had accessed personal data of about 600,000 Uber drivers, including their driver's license numbers. Hackers also had stolen email addresses and cellphone numbers of 57 million riders worldwide.

The claims, filed in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia, said rather than inform the drivers involved, Uber hid the breach for more than a year and paid ransom to ensure the data wouldn't be misused.

"This is one of the most egregious cases we've ever seen in terms of notification; a yearlong delay is just inexcusable,'' Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told The Associated Press.

Uber's chief legal officer, Tony West, said the decision to come clean about the hack was made after major management changes at the company.

"It embodies the principles by which we are running our business today: transparency, integrity and accountability,'' West said.

Each state will receive a part of the settlement based on how many drivers they have. Most states estimate each affected Uber driver will receive about $100.網約車服務公司優步已同意支付1.48億美元，對其隱瞞大量數據被盜事件的指控做出庭外和解，這些數據暴露了司機和客戶的個人信息。

優步在2016年11月就瞭解到黑客已入侵大約600,000名優步司機的個人數據，包括他們的駕駛執照號碼。黑客還竊取了全球5700萬名優步乘客的電子郵件地址和手機號碼。

這一訴訟在美國各州和哥倫比亞特區都立了案。指控稱事發後，優步沒有通知有關司機，而是將他們個人信息被盜一事隱藏了一年多，並因擔心數據被濫用而支付了贖金。

伊利諾伊州總檢查長對美聯社表示，“這是在通知用戶方面我們見過的最令人震驚的案件之一。長達一年的延遲是不可原諒的。”

優步的首席法律代表託尼·韋斯特表示，公司在進行重大管理層變動之後才決定對黑客襲擊事件坦白承認。他說，“這體現了我們今天業務經營的原則：透明、誠信和負責任。”

庭外和解的金額將根據各州司機人數分配。估計大多數州受影響的優步司機每人將獲得約100美元。