Kentucky attorney general secures half a million dollars for state from Uber settlement

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has secured over a half a million dollars for the state from a settlement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber.

It stems over a 2016 nationwide data breach that exposed drivers’ license information of 600,000 of its drivers.

In Kentucky, more than 2,500 Uber drivers were affected by the breach.

The more than $663,452 from the settlement will be placed into the state’s general fund for lawmakers to appropriate during the 2020 legislative budget session. 

As part of the multimillion-dollar nationwide settlement, Uber agreed to strengthen its corporate governance and data security practices to help prevent a similar occurrence in the future.