FORK ME! Uber hauls GitHub into court to find who hacked database of 50,000 drivers
Kieren McCarthy reports:
Uber has subpoenaed GitHub to unmask netizens suspected of hacking its database of taxi drivers.
The ride-booking app maker is trying to force GitHub [PDF] to hand over the IP addresses of anyone who visited a particular gist post between March and September last year.
That gist is believed to have contained a login key used by a hacker to access an internal Uber database of 50,000 drivers. Github refused to voluntarily hand over its gist access logs, leading to Friday’s subpoena filing.
Uber has also launched a John Doe lawsuit [PDF] in the district court of northern California against the mystery hacker. Uber and GitHub are both headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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