Hacker claims 80k Kindle accounts (#0x2Taylor)

2016 80.0K records affected

Data compromised

Details not publicly disclosed

Technical writeup

Hacker #0x2Taylor claimed to have breached Amazon and obtained Kindle user data; demanded $700 then posted data. Amazon denied breach; said data not from Amazon servers.

Root cause

Disputed; Amazon denied breach.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-resources/