Portland Man Joins Federal Lawsuit Over Uber’s Data Breach

A day after the massive data breach was revealed, class action suit filed seeking redress for identify theft.

Traffic on the Burnside Bridge. (Vivian Johnson)

In a lawsuit filed one day after revelations of a massive data breach at Uber, a Portland man alleges that he was the victim of identify theft after providing the company with his information to hail a ride.

The class-action suit, filed in federal court on behalf of Medhi Seifian and others, follows Tuesday's revelations that the company was aware of a massive data breach affecting customers and drivers for a year before publicly acknowledging the problem.

Seifian alleges in the suit that he could have prevented the harm of identity theft had he been made aware of the data breach sooner.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that hackers stole information for 57 million accounts of Uber drivers and riders. The company then paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the data and also had the hackers sign nondisclosure agreements as part of Uber's efforts to keep the breach a secret.

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