Amazon Blames 'Technical Error' for Disclosing Names, Email Addresses

Amazon.com informed some customers that their names and email addresses had been “inadvertently disclosed” as a result of a “technical error,” but declined to provide more details about the security incident. The e-commerce giant confirmed it sent the messages, adding in a subsequent statement it had “fixed the issue.”

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