Lyft and Uber are more than business rivals, they are bitter rivals. That bitterness has taken a nasty turn as an Uber investigation into a breach of their driver database has escalated to accusations of corporate espionage. Uber says an IP address tied to Lyft CTO Chris Lambert has been identified as a source that accessed an Uber security key.
The problem for Uber is the fact that the security key in question was public available on the company’s Github for almost a year. Access logs show Lambert’s Comcast IP address was used to access the Github page. Beyond that though, there does not appear to be any evidence that anything illegal was done. The investigation has also revealed that the database breach was launched from a different IP address.
Nevertheless, Uber’s attorneys have been filing a variety of motions with the courts and have persuaded U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler to issue a subpoena for Comcast records as they may help reveal information about the hacker.
This is not the first time the ride-sharing services had battled each other. Last year Uber appeared to try to harm Lyft by targeting Lyft drivers for conversion, sometimes by ordering fake rides to open communication.
source: Reuters
via: The Verge
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