Leaked Uber docs reveal frequent use of 'kill switch' to deactivate tech, thwart investigators
A data leak from ride-sharing app Uber revealed activities allegedly geared to avoid regulation and law enforcement – including a"kill switch" that would remotely cut computer access to servers at its headquarters in San Francisco in case of a raid – according to weekend media.and shared with the nonprofit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists which helped work though the 124,000 records, which include 83,000 emails, iMessages and WhatsApp exchanges.
The first instances known of the kill switch being used were in late 2014 in France during two separate raids. A November raid took only 13 minutes between email instructing the action to an IT engineer in Denmark and access being cut. The kill switch, known internally as"Ripley", was used in conjunction with a remote-control program called"Casper" that cut network access after devices were confiscated by authorities. Because Uber was fond of these justice-obstructing programs and their code names, there was also of course, revealed in 2017, which blocked cops from booking cabs, lest they were interested in busting unregulated drivers.
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