Cybersecurity

Cyber spying experts investigate Uber hack amid fears MILLIONS of Brits could be targeted by fraudsters

Investigators are working to establish how many British Uber customers had personal information hacked during a mass data breach covered up by the taxi-hailing firm.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) warned Uber it faced "higher fines" for concealing details of the hack, which affected 57 millions drivers and customers worldwide .

In an extraordinary admission made by the US firm's chief executive on Tuesday, it was revealed a third-party cloud-based service had been infiltrated by cyber criminals.

Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over in August, said two individuals outside the company "inappropriately accessed user data" in late 2016.

This included names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers, as well as the names and number plates of 600,000 drivers in the US.