Amazon Exposes Customer Data, Cites 'Technical Error' for Breach – Variety
Amazon customers in the US, the UK and Europe who had received the notifications via email Wednesday about the breach posted about the notices on social media. News of Amazon's data breach was first reported by BetaNews.
According to Amazon, neither its website nor its back-end systems were compromised by the glitch. In its notifications to customers, said the company that they did not have to change their passwords or "take any other action."
In October, Amazon said it fired a employee who had provided customer email addresses to a third party seller On the site, and had notified affected users of the policy violation. Ifølge en tidligere rapport fra Wall Street Journal, Amazon var undersøger kunde-data-lekkasjer fra ansatte i bytte for bribes fra tredjeparts selgere, en praksis som den rapporterte var særlig prevalent i Kina.
