Uber says 815,000 Canadians affected by data breach as investigation launched

CALGARY — Uber Canada said late Monday that 815,000 Canadian riders and drivers may have been affected as part of its worldwide data breach announced in November.
The disclosure came the same day the federal privacy commissioner said it had opened a formal investigation into the data breach, which saw the theft of information from some 57 million Uber accounts globally in October, 2016.
Uber said the information taken includes names, email address, and mobile phone numbers from the account