Rhode Island Collects $800,000 From Uber Data Breach Settlement

App-based transportation company Uber will pay Rhode Island $800,000 after neglecting to tell drivers that had hackers had stolen their personal information.

According to the settlement, Uber failed to notify drivers about a data breach in November 2016 until a year later. This lead to a law suit and the eventual $148 million settlement Wednesday which was divided among all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Democratic state Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office told the Associated Press Rhode Island's share of the settlement will be about $800,000.

Uber learned in November 2016 that hackers accessed driver's license information and other personal data from about 600,000 Uber drivers nationwide. The company acknowledged the breach in November 2017. Uber told the Associated Press saying it paid $100,000 in ransom for the stolen information to be destroyed.

The states sued Uber, saying the company violated laws that require companies to notify people when their data is breached in a timely manner.

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