Amazon fires employee for allegedly sharing customer email addresses

ronjor · Oct 5, 2018

by Ben Fox Rubin October 5, 2018

The company is working with law enforcement and informing affected customers.
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guest · Jan 11, 2020

Amazon Employees Leak Customer Data to Third-Party Agent (Again)
January 10, 2020
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-employees-leak-customer-data-to-third-party-agen-1840940135

Online retail giant Amazon fired several employees this week after they leaked private customer data to an undisclosed third-party. If reading that gives you some serious déjà vu, it’s probably because the same damn thing happened less than six months ago.

An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the news with multiple outlets after several customers received notifications from the company warning that their e-mail addresses and phone numbers had been leaked “to a third-party in violation of our policies,” per a screenshot shared by TechCrunch.
The email goes on to say that the Amazon employee—singular—responsible has since been identified and fired. However, a later company statement appears to imply there were multiple Amazon defectors behind the leak:

“The individuals responsible for this incident have been terminated and we are supporting law enforcement in their prosecution,” an Amazon spokesperson told Gizmodo via email.
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guest · Oct 29, 2020

Amazon Fired Employee for Leaking Customer Emails
October 26, 2020
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8zwz/amazon-fired-employee-leaking-customer-emails

Over the past few days Amazon has informed some customers that it has fired an employee for leaking customer email addresses to an unnamed third party, according to multiple copies of the notification email obtained by Motherboard.

"We are writing to let you know that your e-mail address was disclosed by an Amazon employee to a third-party in violation of our policies. As a result, we have fired the employee, referred them to law enforcement, and are supporting law enforcement criminal prosecution," the Amazon email reads. The copies Motherboard obtained were sent on Friday and Saturday.
In the latest case, Amazon told Motherboard that no other information beyond customer names and email addresses was exposed, suggesting this is a separate event.

Amazon declined to answer basic questions, such as how many customers were impacted.
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