Hundreds of Brits' details exposed in claimed Amazon UK hack

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http://www.zdnet.com/hundreds-of-brits-details-exposed-in-claimed-amazon-uk-hack-7000007216/

By Karen Friar
ZDNet
November 11, 2012

A hacker has posted purported data on more than 600 Amazon UK customers 
online, but the retailer has said the information does not come from 
their systems.

The data, posted on Saturday to Pastebin, was presented by a hacker 
named Darwinaire as proof that he or she broke into the online 
retailer's systems. It covers names, usernames, registration dates, 
phone numbers, email addresses and home addresses for 635 people. It 
also includes some passwords in plain text.

The details appear to be valid, going by a random sample checked out by 
ZDNet. However, not all were able to confirm that the data is linked to 
an Amazon UK account, saying the information is old.

The retailer said on Sunday that there had been no security breach at 
the company.

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