<s>
Uber	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
Uber	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
provides	O
mobility	O
as	O
a	O
service/ride	O
-hailing	O
(	O
48%	O
of	O
revenues	O
)	O
,	O
food	O
delivery/package	O
delivery/couriers	O
via	O
Uber	O
Eats	O
and	O
Postmates	O
(	O
34%	O
of	O
revenues	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
freight	O
transport	O
(	O
18%	O
of	O
revenues	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
operations	O
in	O
approximately	O
70	O
countries	O
and	O
10,500	O
cities	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
131	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
and	O
5.4	O
million	O
active	O
drivers	O
and	O
couriers	B-Protocol
worldwide	O
,	O
it	O
generates	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
23	O
million	O
trips	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ridesharing	O
companies	O
are	O
regulated	B-Architecture
in	I-Architecture
many	I-Architecture
jurisdictions	I-Architecture
and	O
the	O
Uber	O
platform	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
several	O
countries	O
where	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
not	O
able	O
or	O
willing	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controversies	B-Application
involving	I-Application
Uber	I-Application
include	O
various	O
unethical	O
practices	O
such	O
as	O
aggressive	O
lobbying	O
and	O
ignoring	O
and	O
evading	O
local	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
was	O
built	O
by	O
Camp	O
and	O
his	O
friends	O
,	O
Oscar	O
Salazar	O
and	O
Conrad	O
Whelan	O
,	O
with	O
Kalanick	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
mega	O
advisor	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
beta	O
launch	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Uber	O
's	O
services	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
launched	O
publicly	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
early	O
hires	O
included	O
a	O
nuclear	O
physicist	O
,	O
a	O
computational	O
neuroscientist	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
machinery	O
expert	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
predicting	O
arrival	O
times	O
for	O
Uber	O
's	O
cars	O
more	O
accurately	O
than	O
Google	B-Application
APIs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Uber	O
launched	O
a	O
service	O
in	O
Chicago	O
,	O
whereby	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
request	O
a	O
regular	O
taxi	O
or	O
an	O
Uber	O
driver	O
via	O
its	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uber	O
AI	O
also	O
developed	O
new	O
AI	O
techniques	O
and	O
algorithms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
algorithm	O
and	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
papers	O
on	O
neuroevolution	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Uber	O
became	O
a	O
gold	O
member	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
HeliFlight	O
,	O
Uber	O
offered	O
8-minute	O
helicopter	B-Application
flights	O
between	O
Manhattan	O
and	O
John	O
F	O
.	O
Kennedy	O
International	O
Airport	O
for	O
$	O
200-	O
$225	O
per	O
passenger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
October	O
2019	O
and	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Uber	O
offered	O
Uber	O
Works	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
connecting	O
workers	O
who	O
wanted	O
temporary	O
jobs	O
with	O
businesses	O
in	O
Chicago	O
and	O
Miami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
Uber	O
acquired	O
Careem	B-Application
for	O
$3.1	O
billion	O
and	O
sold	O
its	O
Indian	O
Uber	O
Eats	O
operations	O
to	O
Zomato	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
partnership	O
,	O
Uber	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
manage	O
the	O
on-demand	O
high-occupancy	O
vehicle	O
fleet	O
for	O
Marin	O
Transit	O
,	O
a	O
public	O
bus	O
agency	O
in	O
Marin	O
County	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Uber	O
discovered	O
a	O
security	O
breach	O
of	O
its	O
internal	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
by	O
a	O
hacker	B-Application
that	O
utilized	O
social	O
engineering	O
to	O
obtain	O
an	O
employee	O
's	O
credentials	O
and	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
VPN	B-Application
and	O
intranet	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Amit	O
Singhal	O
,	O
Uber	O
's	O
Senior	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Engineering	O
,	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
resign	O
after	O
he	O
failed	O
to	O
disclose	O
a	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
claim	O
against	O
him	O
that	O
occurred	O
while	O
he	O
served	O
as	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hackers	B-Application
used	O
employees	O
 '	O
usernames	O
and	O
passwords	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
compromised	O
in	O
previous	O
breaches	O
(	O
a	O
"	O
credential	O
stuffing	O
"	O
method	O
)	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
private	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
used	O
by	O
Uber	O
's	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hackers	B-Application
located	O
credentials	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
datastore	O
in	O
the	O
repository	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
obtain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
account	O
records	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
drivers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
data	O
contained	O
in	O
over	O
100	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
S3	I-General_Concept
buckets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uber	O
paid	O
a	O
$	O
100,000	O
ransom	O
to	O
the	O
hackers	B-Application
on	O
the	O
promise	O
they	O
would	O
delete	O
the	O
stolen	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
criminal	O
complaint	O
said	O
Sullivan	O
arranged	O
,	O
with	O
Kalanick	O
's	O
knowledge	O
,	O
to	O
pay	O
a	O
ransom	O
for	O
the	O
2016	O
breach	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
bug	O
bounty	O
"	O
to	O
conceal	O
its	O
true	O
nature	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
hackers	B-Application
to	O
falsify	O
non-disclosure	O
agreements	O
to	O
say	O
they	O
had	O
not	O
obtained	O
any	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
documents	O
revealed	O
attempts	O
to	O
lobby	O
Joe	O
Biden	O
,	O
Olaf	O
Scholz	O
and	O
George	O
Osborne	O
;	O
how	O
Emmanuel	O
Macron	O
secretly	O
aided	O
Uber	O
lobbying	O
in	O
France	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
kill	B-Device
switch	I-Device
during	O
police	O
raids	O
to	O
conceal	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
