Uber Confirms Data Breach Exposing Drivers' License Records via Contractor Fireworks AI
Uber has confirmed that thousands of its drivers received notifications about the theft of their personal data and driver's license information following an October breach at one of the company's technology contractors.
The incident originated at Fireworks AI, a startup that provides developers with access to open-source artificial intelligence models. Attackers stole internal credentials from the contractor and used them to access Uber data stored there. The company began notifying affected drivers after receiving confirmation of the compromise on October 9.
According to regulatory filings reviewed by TechCrunch, the stolen records include driver's license details for 2,567 individuals in Massachusetts, 3,430 in South Carolina, and 1,873 in Rhode Island. Similar notifications were issued in Illinois and California, although exact figures for those states have not been disclosed.
Fireworks AI separately confirmed that the same attack exposed client information, including payment details and private AI training datasets. Productivity platform Notion has also acknowledged that its data was compromised during the incident.
The attackers are assessed to be a financially motivated cybercrime group that stole tokens granting access to large language models with the intention of reselling them. No known group has claimed responsibility.
This is the second data incident reported by Uber this year. Earlier, the company disclosed a separate breach at its Uber Freight division that was claimed by a ransomware extortion group.
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