Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) In a public statement, Uber has announced that it sustained a massive data breach in 2016: 57 million customers’ and drivers’ names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers were compromised. According to Bloomberg, no trip location info, credit card information, or Social Security numbers was taken. Uber did not respond to Ars’ questions—Matthew Wing, a spokesman, simply pointed us to the company's blog post. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments

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