Uber Falls for a Teen's Hack! The Whole Internet Gets a New Joke To Laugh

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A teen hacked Uber and announced it on the company slack. Employees thought It was a joke.

Uber announced a "cybersecurity incident" where a teen was behind this security breach. Uber's internal systems appear to have been severely compromised.

An 18-year-old hacker deployed fundamental social engineering techniques targeting an Uber employee. The hacker simply posed a text message and convinced the employee to forward a password that provided him access.

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