Uber Hack 2022- A devastating social engineering attack

  • Unique Paper ID: 161023
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 505-507
  • Abstract:
  • We live in the 21st century, An era of digitalization. In the last decade, we have seen an enormous amount of growth in the use of internet-connected devices which include mobile phones, laptops, computers, smart watches, tablets, smart televisions, etc. People are using the internet like never in the history. Some popular websites are getting a billion hits a day. But with increased features comes the increased risk of cyber-attacks. Recently, an 18 years old young attacker breached the security of Uber and released pictures of gaining access to Uber's internal infrastructure. This paper covers the technical aspects of this cyber-attack and explains the whole timeline

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BibTeX

@article{161023,
        author = {Varad Magare and Satyam Shinde and Priyanka More},
        title = {Uber Hack 2022- A devastating social engineering attack},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {10},
        number = {2},
        pages = {505-507},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=161023},
        abstract = {We live in the 21st century, An era of digitalization. In the last decade, we have seen an enormous amount of growth in the use of internet-connected devices which include mobile phones, laptops, computers, smart watches, tablets, smart televisions, etc. People are using the internet like never in the history. Some popular websites are getting a billion hits a day. But with increased features comes the increased risk of cyber-attacks. Recently, an 18 years old young attacker breached the security of Uber and released pictures of gaining access to Uber's internal infrastructure. This paper covers the technical aspects of this cyber-attack and explains the whole timeline},
        keywords = {Cyber-Attacks, Digitalization, Internet, Uber, Websites.},
        month = {},
        }

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 505-507

Uber Hack 2022- A devastating social engineering attack

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