New Delhi, September 14, 2019, Saturday
Indian Ethical Hacker Anand Prakash has once again proudly raised the heads of Indians. Anand Prakash has detected an error in the app of cab service company Uber. Hackers can take advantage of the bug that Anand gives information about. A hacker can access your Uber account by taking advantage of this bug. In addition, if you have money in your Uber wallet, hackers can take it too. Due to this bug, users' location can also be known.
This bug was in Uber's token. The company generates a token for you whenever you are booking a cab with the Uber app. This token contains your ride history. This token can also be found on your email id and mobile number. However, in this case Uber has said that no hacker has yet misused the bug. Uber has given around 4.61 lakh rupees as prize to Anand, who informed about this bug.
However this is not the first time that Anand Prakash has discovered a bug in Uber. Prior to this, he had reported a bug that hackers could use for a lifetime free ride in Uber. Anand also detected security flaws in Twitter and Google. He was given Rs 1.2 crore for this. Anand has also highlighted the drawbacks of companies like Facebook, Google and Uber, as well as companies like Dropbox, eBay, SoundCloud, PicPay, Google, Redhat. Not to mention that Anand Prakash is also the founder of App Secure.
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