Months after a data breach of 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers, Uber is attempting to learn more about the Internet address used by the hacker, Reuters reports. Last February, the data was downloaded by an unauthorized user, and according to the report, the IP address can be traced to rival company Lyft’s Chief Technology Officer Chris Lambert. Though the IP address was not the one used in the actual hack, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ruled the data sought by Uber in its subpoena of Comcast’s records was “reasonably likely” to aid in revealing the “bad actor” in the incident. A Lyft spokesman said “there is no evidence that any Lyft employee … had anything to do” with the breach.
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