Hackers accessed thousands of Uber drivers’ licence details through supplier breach

Uber says hackers stole personal information, including driving licence details, belonging to thousands of drivers in an October breach at its technology provider, Fireworks AI. The incident matters because the provider’s compromised credentials were used to access Uber data, and further notifications may increase the known number affected.

State filings list 2,567 people in Massachusetts, 3,430 in South Carolina and 1,873 in Rhode Island whose driving licence information was stolen; Illinois has not yet reported a total. Uber has not disclosed the overall number of affected drivers, including in California. Fireworks said the breach involved unauthorised access to some systems and was linked to a financially motivated group seeking to sell credentials for accessing large language models.