Uber Settles Data Breach Suit with Washington State

by Katie Herzog Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWashington state will get roughly $5.8 million in a settlement against the rideshare company Uber, the Seattle Times reports.The lawsuit goes back to a 2016 data breach. In November 2017—a year after the breach—the company announced that it paid hackers $100,000 to cover up the breach rather than report it. The breach impacted drivers, whose license numbers and other personal data were stolen, as well as Uber customers.Soon after, Washington