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Amazon Data Breach Email

Marp — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:53:59 GMT

Amazon sent an email to an unknown number of customers informing them their account passwords had been reset after a data breach left customer’s passwords compromised, ZDNet reported Nov. 24.

In the email to customers, Amazon says it “recently discovered that your [Amazon] password may have been improperly stored on your device or transmitted to Amazon in a way that could potentially expose it to a third party.”

The retail giant states that although it has no reason to believe account passwords are in the hands of nefarious actors, it is reassigning passwords out of an “abundance of caution.” Customers are then directed to login with the temporary password from Amazon and create a new password.

MORE: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/amazon-data-breach-forces-mandatory-password-resets/

Re: Amazon Data Breach Email

mac116 — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:56:41 GMT

Interesting. I shop at Amazon a TON, but did not receive the email. I wonder if it was in a specific area of the country.

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bonnielu — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:58:36 GMT

I did not get the email. Are you sure it was not a scam to get you to sign in and share your email. I am suspicious. Call Amazon.

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gidgetgh — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:01:06 GMT

I haven't received an email from them.....yet, but this was on our news today. Apparently it's legitimate.

Re: Amazon Data Breach Email

Marp — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:03:41 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
I did not get the email. Are you sure it was not a scam to get you to sign in and share your email. I am suspicious. Call Amazon.

I did not receive an email. I heard about this on a local news station when I went to look for more information I found the above linked article.

I primarily posted this notice so anyone that gets an email will know Amazon did discover a problem and sent emails.

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Montana — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:13:51 GMT

I haven't received an email either. I rarely click on email links and would not click on anything from Amazon. I would verify the problem by contacting Customer Service.

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123SuzyQ123 — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:21:35 GMT

After reading this, it dawned on me that my password has been "stored" on the Amazon website for at least 4 years now. I might need to change it, just in case, but I did not receive the email that the OP mentioned. I shop there a good bit, as recently as last week. Thanks for the heads up!

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JustJazzmom — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:38:14 GMT

I just signed into Amazon and I was not prompted to change my PW. I did see that something I wanted dropped 7%!

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NickNack — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:23:42 GMT

I shop on Amazon all the time and have not gotten the e-mail either.

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momtochloe — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:40:53 GMT

I've been in and out of Amazon all day today (like I always do) and I haven't received any emails or prompts to change my password.

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cowboy sam — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:55:59 GMT

No e-mail either from Amazon.

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millieshops — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:59:37 GMT

My only Amazon emails have been those begging me to spend my money! Assuming there's any left.

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Puzzle Piece — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:27:30 GMT

No emails here.

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60sgirl — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:19:45 GMT

I just ordered something Monday> it arrived yesterday! No warning emails from Amazon.

I even contacted their CS about an order I placed and immediately canceled because I used the wrong shipping address and the system would not let me edit that information. I gotseveral emails back and forth from CS until the issue was resolved. They then put $5 in my account for a bad experience, which I used for the item I bought.

Once before I had an email that seemed suspicious about a data breach, even with the official logo, however I contacted their Cs and they told me it was bogus. All thise emails tell you to click here and it will take you to the site. I never do that. I call them instead to see if it's legit.

Re: Amazon Data Breach Email

Judaline — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:44:11 GMT

Just forward them the email and ask if it's for real. Don't use the address on the email.