Uber's Private DB Key On Public GitHub Page →
Meanwhile, in Blatant Stupidity news, ArsTechnica's Dan Goodin writes of the latest Uber mistep. This time, Uber decided to store an encrypted database's PRIVATE KEY (anecdotally, the DB contained sensitive data for at least fifty thousand of the company's drivers) on a GitHub public page. Apparently, there may have been a wee bit of confusion as to what a PRIVATE KEY is, in relation to a PUBLIC KEY within Uber's apaprently crack IT department... Oops.