European Union regulators to discuss Uber hack next week

Firm paid hackers $100,000 to keep the massive breach a secret

European Union privacy regulators will discuss ride-hailing app Uber’s massive data breach cover-up next week and could create a task-force to coordinate investigations. Uber faces regulatory scrutiny after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the firm covered up a data breach past year that exposed personal data from around 57 million accounts. 

The chair of the group of European data protection authorities — known as the Article 29 Working Party — said on Thursday the data breach would be discussed at its meeting on November 28 and 29.

While EU data protection authorities cannot impose joint sanctions, they can set up task-forces to coordinate