Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Uber has admitted to and taken responsibility for a coverup associated with a significant data breach the ride-hailing giant experienced in 2016.
, the San Francisco-based company entered a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve a criminal investigation into the coverup. In the agreement, Uber admitted to concealing its data breach from the Federal Trade Commission, which was investigating the company's data security practices at the time.
Hackers were then able to access what was described as"large quantities of data" associated with Uber customers and drivers. The data included 57 million user records and 600,000 drivers' license numbers.Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick resigned
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