Over half of Americans say they haven’t changed their passwords in the past year - even after hearing about a data breach in the news. But despite the growing threat, few Americans do enough to keep their passwords safe. If fraudsters steal your passwords, they could hack your email and bank accounts and even steal your identity. The hackers then unlawfully accessed Uber's internal systems and even downloaded information off of a finance tool. The contractor's personal device had been infected with malware leaving any information on the device vulnerable. In September 2022, malicious hackers purchased a password that belonged to an Uber contractor on the Dark Web.
