amazon says a data breach exposed email addresses, phone numbers and building locations linked to its employees. amazon-confirms-breach-of-employee-data/”>As previously reported by 404 Media. In a statement to The edgeamazon spokesman Adam Montgomery said the company was “notified of a security event at one of our property management providers that affected several of their customers, including amazon.”
Hudson Rock says the leaked information dates back to May 2023 and is related to the major security vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer system that came to light last year, adding amazon to a list of affected organizations that already included the technology-65814104″>BBC, British Airwayssony, the US Department of Energyand many others. They also note that the person who posted the information stated that it is “only a small portion of the data they have.”
“amazon and AWS systems remain secure and we have not experienced any security events,” Montgomery said. “The only amazon information involved was employees' work contact information, for example, work email addresses, desk phone numbers, and building locations.”
It's unclear how many employees were affected by the breach, but a screenshot of the hacking forum post shows more than 2.8 million lines in the alleged amazon data set. Montgomery said The edge that the breach did not involve employees' social security numbers, government identification documents or financial data.
