INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Image copyrightReutersIkea's odd jobs marketplace TaskRabbit is investigating a "cyber-security incident", the company has announced.The app
and website let people find freelance workers to complete household tasks such as cleaning, gardening or assembling flat-pack
furniture.TaskRabbit has not revealed the nature of the incident, but said it was working with law enforcement and a cyber-security firm to
investigate.The app and website have been temporarily closed.The UK's information commissioner's office said it was "aware of a potential
data breach" and was "looking into" the situation.The company has urged people to change their passwords on other websites and apps, if they
have used their TaskRabbit password for other accounts."We will update affected individuals as more information becomes available," the
company said in a statement
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TaskRabbit is an odd jobs marketplace
It said workers who were
unable to complete their jobs on 16 April would be "compensated appropriately".Ikea bought San Francisco-based TaskRabbit in 2017, although
it is operated as an independent company within the Ikea Group.The app was founded in 2008 by Leah Busque who came up with the idea of a
chore-hiring company when she ran out of food for her dog one evening, while waiting to go out to dinner, and wished there was someone she
