I don't know, paying off the hackers might have been the best call. It prevented my data from being exposed into the wild vs notifying authorities which would h

I don't know, paying off the hackers might have been the best call. It prevented my data from being exposed into the wild vs notifying authorities which would have all but guaranteed a leak. If the objective was to protect Ubers' customers, mission accomplished. Should they have covered it up and not disclosed it? No, but this is as a tough call ethically.