World's largest e-commerce website Amazon has sent out emails to closed to of its customers informing them well-nigh a “technical error” that exposed their emails IDs too user names on its website publicly.
However, Amazon refused to elaborate the nature of the "technical error," too the number of customers affected past times this error.
The fellowship said inwards In a statement, "We induce got fixed the number too informed customers who may induce got been impacted."
Amazon customers across Europe too the U.S.A. tweeted a screenshot of the email.
The fellowship has appealed affected customers need non to panic, changing their password is non necessary. Although phishing attackers could purpose affected customers names too emails to crusade to reset their accounts or target their emails.
Amazon has fired the employee who was behind the technical error. Their missive of the alphabet sent to the customers states: "We are writing to allow you lot know that your electronic mail address was disclosed past times an Amazon employee to a third-party seller on our website inwards violation of our policies. As a result, the employee has been tarminated too nosotros are supporting police enforcement inwards their prosecution. The third-party seller has been blocked. This is non a lawsuit of anything you lot induce got done, too at that spot is no need for you lot to accept whatever action."
