Uber reportedly experienced a breach of its computer network on Thursday, forcing the ride-sharing app to close down a number of its communications systems to investigate.

The breach disrupted many of the company’s internal systems, according to a report by The New York Times.

"We are currently responding to a cybersecurity incident," tweeted Uber on Friday. "We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become available."

A man who claimed he was responsible for the breach sent images of cloud storage, email, and code repositories to the newspaper and cybersecurity researchers.

He told the publication that he had sent a message to an employee claiming to be from the corporate technology team.

The employee sent over a password that enabled the hacker to access the systems.

Several Uber employees, who aren’t authorised to speak publicly, were told not to use Slack, Uber's internal communications platform, and that other internal systems were unavailable, said the report.

The newspaper said that not long before the Slack system was closed down, employees received a messaging reading: “I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach.”

Uber told National Technology News that it not commenting any further at this stage.

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