Uber Freight Claims to Be Looking into A Cyber Incident in Response to Hacker Allegations

According to a business representative on Tuesday, Uber Freight is looking into a data security problem involving illegal access to certain of its systems and repositories.

Uber Freight’s business activities have “no impact to Uber Freight’s business operations, which continue in the normal course without disruption,” according to a representative. “Our systems are secure and fully operational.”

According to Reuters on August 6, a wave of extortion efforts in recent weeks has targeted dozens of well-known American companies and financial institutions, including Uber.

The situation was “identified, contained and remediated,” according to an email from Hallock, and the business “promptly engaged federal law enforcement.”

On August 6, a hacker collective known as “Helix” uploaded what they claimed to be about a million Uber Freight files to their website. Hallock did not address if the company spoke with the hackers, when the hackers notified the company of the breach, or whether the data they uploaded was genuine.

Google Threat Intelligence stated in a blog post on August 6 that Helix is one of numerous names linked to a cluster of high-profile hacking activity targeting a broad range of large firms.

According to internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters, the campaign targets Blackstone (BX.N), Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Global Management (APO.N), Bain Capital, KKR (KKR.N), ⁠TPG (TPG.O), opens new tab, CME Group (CME.O), opens new tab, Clearlake Capital and Moody’s (MCO.N), opens new tab, and other companies.

In a regulatory filing on Friday, Levi Strauss (LEVI.N) admitted that an unauthorized third party had accessed the company’s servers.