Uber may have been hacked - change your password immediately

After a Motherboard report in March said that details for at least some Uber accounts had been accessed by hackers who were selling them online for as little as $1, the publication is back with a followup to the story. Now, it looks like American Uber customers have been targeted by hackers, who may have obtained access to some accounts.

Some Uber customers have taken to Twitter to reveal that their Uber accounts have been used by unknown, unauthorized people to book and pay for rides, sometimes in markets other than the U.S.

“It was crazy,” Stephanie Crisco told the publication. “I used Uber for the first time Thursday night. On Friday morning I received a notification on my phone that my driver was en route. I didn’t request a driver. I clicked on the notification and it said that the ride was cancelled but the pickup was in London.”