The Infinite Brief

The spyware program, code-named Surfcam, was deployed against Australian start-up rideshare company GoCatch.

A former senior Uber employee says, “Surfcam allowed Uber Australia to see in real time all of the competitor cars online and to scrape data such as the driver’s name, car registration, and so on.”

“GoCatch would lose customers due to poaching of its drivers draining their supply. With fewer and fewer drivers, GoCatch would eventually fold,” the former Uber employee said.