On The Dark Web the Data of UberEats Were Leaked

User records of UberEats, an American online food ordering service, have been leaked by a threat actor.

On Dark Web, a Cyber security firm came across the data after its dark web and deep monitoring. UberEats is an American online food order and dispatch service that was launched by Uber in 2014.

These data breaches left outcomes very destructive and it takes much time to settle the situation. The research team luckily examines a few files that were leaked by the hackers and they found that the file consists of the details of UberEats delivery drivers, delivery partners and customers.

What Information Was Exposed:

1. 9TXT files leaked, which contained details of UberEats delivery drivers, delivery partners and customers.
2. Around 579 UberEats customers' files and login credentials were exposed on the dark web.
3. Leak of over 100 delivery personal data including, full name, contact details, trip details, bank card details and account creation date.

Multiple security incidents have been reported on food delivery service as cybercriminals are taking advantage of the ongoing pandemic to target businesses and users online. In a recent incident, threat actors launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Germany based food delivery firm takeaway.com.

Attackers demanded two bitcoins (around US$11,000) in ransom to stop the attack. Earlier, door dash, a San Francisco based food delivery service provider faced a massive data breach that affected data of around 4.9 million people, who were using its service platform. The company said that an unauthorized third party accessed its user data on May 4, 2019.

Dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, authorization to access. The Dark Web forms a small part of the deep web, the part of the web not indexed by web search engines, although sometimes the term deep web is mistakenly used to refer specifically to dark web.

How To Get Safe From These Attacks:

The Cyber research Team has provided some precautions, and recommend users to follow this properly.

1. Always prefer a strong password and multifactor authentication.
2. Don't share any financial information over the phone, SMS, or Email.
3. Keep a regular check upon your financial transaction.
4. Always turn on auto update software features on your PC and smartphone.
5. Always use a reliable antivirus and internet security software on your PC, smartphone and laptop.
6. Those who are worried about their publications in the Dark Web can register at Amibreached.com to determine their exposure data.

Moreover the research team is still investigating the full data breach to extract out of the all possible information regarding data breach. The Cyber research team is always dealing with this kind of data breach, and they are aware of individuals in all imaginable ways so that individuals can help them out with this kind of situation.

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