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UBER EMPLOYEES ARE BEING BARRAGED WITH OBSCENE IMAGES IN A MAJOR HACK, AND
THEY’RE WORRIED THEIR FINANCIAL DATA MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

BYKylie Robison
September 16, 2022 at 4:17 AM GMT
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, now in the process of investigating a systems
breach that occurred on Sept. 15.
David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images

An employee at Uber described scenes of chaos on Thursday night as the
ride-hailing company’s computer systems were commandeered in a devastating hack
that buffeted staffers with obscene images. 



The breach occurred on Thursday afternoon and quickly rendered many of the
company’s internal systems, including Slack messaging, unusable.

The employee told Fortune that upon opening a work laptop, all internal websites
displayed a picture of an “erect penis” with the text “FUCK YOU DUMB WANKERS.”

Uber employees received automated text messages from the company around 3 p.m.
Pacific Time on Thursday announcing that staff worldwide were being targeted in
a phishing attack. A follow-up messaging told workers to “stop using Slack until
further notice,” according to screenshots viewed by Fortune. The message
informed staffers that the company was “working to resolve an issue and [would]
send additional updates.”

The New York Times reported that a person claiming responsibility for the hack
said they were 18 years old and had gained access to Uber’s systems by posing as
an employee in the company’s IT department and tricking a staffer to reveal
their password. 

Several hours after Uber warned employees about the attack, staff still had no
access to their systems, according to the employee Fortune spoke to. The
employee said that colleagues were worried their personal information, including
potential financial information, may have been accessed in the breach.

Some Uber employees were also upset because their colleagues apparently tried to
engage with the hacker or hackers, taunting them on Slack rather than logging
off as the company’s security alert instructed. Some Uber engineers wrote things
like, “Can you take down Jira?” and “Can you fix this bug?” according to the
employee.

People are “really angry” that some engineers are “still making jokes,” the
source said.

An Uber representative did not immediately return a request for comment.

Are you a tech employee with insight to share? Got a tip? Contact Kylie Robison
at kylie.robison@fortune.com, through secure messaging app Signal at
415-735-6829 or Twitter DM at @kyliebytes.


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