Amazon suffered a data breach on Wednesday that revealed customer names and email addresses
Amazon.com Inc. suffered a data breach on Wednesday that revealed customer names and email addresses on its website, according to media reports. The e-commerce giant confirmed the breach, but declined to offer details on how many customers were affected or in which countries and regions. The company said it has fixed the issue and informed the impacted consumers. The breach came just two days before the Black Friday shopping bonanza, one of the company's biggest shopping days of the year. Amazon shares were down 0.7% premarket, but have gained 29.7% in 2018, while the S&P 500 has fallen 0.9%.
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