Uber is investigating a breach of its computer systems, saying a hacker compromised a worker’s Slack account and also gained access to other internal systems (New York Times)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Security engineer says Uber hacker had access to its HackerOne bug bounty program; source: the hacker downloaded all vulnerability reports before losing access  —  Uber suffered a cyberattack Thursday afternoon with a hacker gaining access to vulnerability reports and sharing screenshots …

Washington Post:
The Uber hacker, who reportedly claims to be 18 years old, says they had breached the company for fun and might leak its source code “in a few months”  —  The company said in a tweet it was “responding to a cybersecurity incident”  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Uber’s computer systems …

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber says there is no evidence that sensitive user info, like trip histories, was accessed during the breach, and all of its products are currently operational  —  Uber says there is “no evidence” that any of its users’ private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer systems.

Reuters:
Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank says an October 2022 hack compromised personal and “significant amounts” of health claims data of its ~4M customers  —  Medibank Private Ltd (MPL.AX), Australia’s biggest health insurer, said on Wednesday a cyber hack had compromised …

Uber Newsroom:
On last week’s hack, Uber says a contractor’s account was breached, hackers are likely linked to Lapsus$, and exposed HackerOne bug reports have been remediated  —  While our investigation is still ongoing, we are providing an update on our response to last week’s security incident.  —  What happened?

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
The creator of Kiwi Farms, known for hosting targeted harassment campaigns, says the forum site was hacked and users’ email and IP address data is compromised  —  Harassment site is down for now after hacker gains access to admin account.  —  The head of Kiwi Farms, the Internet forum best known …