Tell HN: Uber sold my email address

Like many here, I have my own domain name and I create custom email addresses for each account. For Uber, I predictably used “uber@“. I have never used that address anywhere else. Two days ago, I received spam titled “Epiphany RBC” about some survey that will give me a $5 gift card. How does a Big Tech company like Uber mishandle private data like email addresses? Presumably this action was not coordinated by the C-suite. Did some mid-level/low-level employee with access to the data actually steal and sell the addresses?
Story Published at: February 25, 2023 at 06:27PM