Uber fined £385,000 for data breach affecting millions of passengers

Firm failed to tell 35 million users and 3.7 million drivers their data was hacked in 2016

Uber's European operation has been fined 385,000 for a data breach that affected almost 3 million British users, the Information Commissioner's Office has announced.

In November 2016, attackers obtained credentials to access Uber's cloud servers and downloaded 16 large files, including the records of 35 million users worldwide. The records included passengers' full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and the location where they had signed up.