Given Uber is one of the few companies who are lucky enough to have a separate page for all the controversies on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Uber), they also have their own fair of experience with police raids on their offices. They've also used "‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data" (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/uber-files-leak...) before, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was some sort of legal "kill switch" or whatever that got triggered, so they can get rid of everything faster.
PS: Put yourself in the shoes of a Nigerian prince who wasn’t able to get access to his father’s wealth, despite asking many people around the world to merely help out, not being able to get cooperation. You are forced to become a driver, but never give up. You hack the system to your advantage and apply to YC. You think you had a clever approach. But YC notes your repeated inability to convince people to part with their money. You didn’t build things people want.
https://x.com/gergelyorosz/status/2095256757178188113
Rides are 20-40% cheaper elsewhere, why would anyone pay extra for Uber?
“Tell me the last time you hacked a non-computer system to your advantage”
https://www.facebook.com/TrevorNoah/posts/uber-tried-to-take...
PS: Put yourself in the shoes of a Nigerian prince who wasn’t able to get access to his father’s wealth, despite asking many people around the world to merely help out, not being able to get cooperation. You are forced to become a driver, but never give up. You hack the system to your advantage and apply to YC. You think you had a clever approach. But YC notes your repeated inability to convince people to part with their money. You didn’t build things people want.