What the Uber hack might mean for London commuters

Uber launched in the UK in London in 2012 (Matt Alexander/PA)

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We still don’t know the full extent of the damage from the recent Uber hack, but given the ridesharing service claims more than 3.5 million Londoners regularly use the service (not to mention the 45,000 drivers), readers could be forgiven for feeling more than a little uneasy at the news.

“They pretty much have full access to Uber,” Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs told The New York Times. “This is a total compromise, from what it looks like.”