Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. , a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year . This week , the ride - hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps , which included a $ 100,000 payment to the attackers . Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names , email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world , the company told Bloomberg on Tuesday . The personal information of about 7 million drivers was accessed as well , including some 600,000 U.S. driver ’s license numbers . No Social Security numbers , credit card information , trip location details or other data were taken , Uber said . ;