An Uber App is displayed on a phone. (Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

(Bloomberg) – A data breach in 2016 exposed the names, phone numbers and email addresses of more than 20 million people who use Uber Technologies Inc.'s service in the U.S., authorities said on Thursday, as they chastised the ride-hailing company for not revealing the lapse earlier.

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