Amazon Accused of Divulging its Users’ Personal Data

Eric Springer isn't happy, mostly because he believes that Amazon.com let a nefarious type get at his account. In a blog over at Medium, Springer revealed that he was the victim of a "social engineering" hack that exposed his details to an unnamed third party. With just a rough idea of Springer's location and his email address, the attacker tricked a customer services rep to give up almost all of his personal information. The attacker was subsequently able to use this data to trick Springer's bank into sending out a copy of his credit card.