The Uber hack may be a lesson in poor security design and points to problems with vulnerable multi-factor authentication.

If confirmed, Olsen will lead a unit focused on stopping espionage and, increasingly, on mitigating cyberattacks.

The incident appears to be the first instance of an executive being charged in connection with a breach.

Uber portrayed its payment to the hackers as a bug bounty reward.

The sense of unease pre-dates disclosures from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, one Uber executive said.

The company could be getting fined a lot more if its breach was subject to GDPR.

The incident revealed sensitive information on 57 million users, and the company kept the hack secret for more than a year.

The former co-founder off IronNet Cybersecurity and former general counsel of the National Security Agency will be the ridesharing company's chief trust and security officer.

During the hearing, the lawmakers questioned Uber’s chief security officer while also receiving an education from experts on how bug bounty programs are supposed to operate.

Two security employees are resigning, and another is taking medical leave. All three were apparently working at Uber during the October 2016 breach.