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Amazon hit with major data breach days before Black Friday
Source: The Guardian and agency
Amazon hit with major data breach days before Black Friday
Customers’ names and email addresses posted on website, tech giant confirms
Miles Brignall and agency
Wed 21 Nov 2018 18.25 GMT
Amazon has suffered a major data breach that caused customer names and email addresses to be disclosed on its website, just two days ahead of Black Friday.
The e-commerce giant said it has emailed affected customers but refused to give any more details on how many people were affected or where they are based.
The firm said the issue was not a breach of its website or any of its systems, but a technical issue that inadvertently posted customer names and email addresses to its website.
In a short statement, Amazon said: “We have fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted.”
Customers who received the email were told: “Our website inadvertently disclosed your email address or name and email address due to a technical error. The issue has been fixed. This is not a result of anything you have done, and there is no need for you to change your password or take any other action. The impacted customers have been contacted.”
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Customers’ names and email addresses posted on website, tech giant confirms
Miles Brignall and agency
Wed 21 Nov 2018 18.25 GMT
Amazon has suffered a major data breach that caused customer names and email addresses to be disclosed on its website, just two days ahead of Black Friday.
The e-commerce giant said it has emailed affected customers but refused to give any more details on how many people were affected or where they are based.
The firm said the issue was not a breach of its website or any of its systems, but a technical issue that inadvertently posted customer names and email addresses to its website.
In a short statement, Amazon said: “We have fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted.”
Customers who received the email were told: “Our website inadvertently disclosed your email address or name and email address due to a technical error. The issue has been fixed. This is not a result of anything you have done, and there is no need for you to change your password or take any other action. The impacted customers have been contacted.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/amazon-hit-with-major-data-breach-days-before-black-friday
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