Massive Data Breach at Amazon (Update)

TENS OF MILLIONS OF ACCOUNTS HACKED – INTERNET GIANT RUNNING HUGE COVER UP

The integrity of every Amazon account is in question following the revelation from an Amazon representative on Friday that the global online shopping website had been hacked in January 2018.

Amazon members first became aware of the problem when strange emails from the Amazon internal messaging system began hitting inboxes earlier this year.

One seller, who wished to remain anonymous due to fear of retribution from Amazon, told our reporter how the Amazon system started to send two types of generic emails. The first type stated the intended recipient had “opted out from receiving unsolicited emails“. The seller found this strange as these were received in response to answers sent by buyers.

The second type of emails stated the the email could not be delivered to the intended recipient as they had decided to leave the Amazon platform. “It wasn’t until we had received numerous emails of this type did we realise there was a problem” said the seller. “We were actually on the phone with a buyer as we sent them an email only to receive this automated reply. The buyer was able to immediately confirm they had not left Amazon.” The seller went on to confirm this had occurred on numerous times.

The seller continued, “Furthermore, we started to receive information from buyers they were receiving the same message not only when trying to communicate with us but other members too.”

Evidence seen by the reporter indicates this problem is affecting Amazon globally in all their marketplaces.

When our reporter approached Amazon for comment a representative stated these emails had been started by their technical department after a major hack compromising Amazon systems. The representative went on to confirm the hack had breached their core systems leaving every account exposed revealing credit card and other sensitive open to exploitation.

Asked why Amazon had not warned their members of the dangers this level of hack presented the Amazon representative refused further comment.

This latest security breach comes after Amazon’s banking systems were compromised in September and October 2017 which left thousands of sellers unpaid for that period. Amazon did not make this hack public either.

UPDATED – SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2018

The seller who broke this story has now had their accounts suspended by Amazon.

“I phoned Amazon yesterday to raise several issues caused by illegal, inappropriate and draconian actions by their or employees”, said the seller, “During which I raised the issue of the hack. Within 5 minutes of completing the call I found all our accounts suspended without any recourse for appeal.”

“The apparent belief that Amazon is above the law became clear when we proved a buyer had made a fraudulent A2Z claim in which all the evidence proving the item was delivered and signed for was ignored. We are a small family business the loss of the £240 is a serious issue to us. We know Amazon have aided and abetted fraud. No one wants to take on Amazon even though they are committing blatant crimes.”

We contacted Amazon for comment but as the time of writing no one has replied to our many requests for comment.