Chicago: Uber’s claim that hackers fully deleted stolen data is “nonsensical”

Enlarge / Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks onstage at The New York Times 2017 DealBook Conference at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 9, 2017 in New York City.

It has now been a full week since the jaw-dropping revelations that Uber sustained a massive data breach in 2016, which affected more than 57 million people.

Since November 21, the company has been hit with 10 federal lawsuits (including the two Ars reported on last week). On Monday, the city of Chicago and Cook County also sued Uber in Illinois state court, while numerous senators are now demanding answers as well.

The cases allege substantial negligence on Uber's part: Plaintiffs say the company failed to keep safe the data of the affected 50 million customers and 7 million drivers. Uber reportedly paid $100,000 to delete the stolen data and tried to keep news of the breach quiet by having the hackers sign non-disclosure agreements.

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