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Amazon Warns 220 Million Customers Of Prime Account Attacks
Amazon Prime subscribers are under attack — here’s what you need to know.
ForbesFacebook Deletes 10 Million Accounts And Warns The Purge Will Go OnBy Davey Winder Amazon has described an impersonation scam, the type of attacks that it is warning Prime users about, as being when an attacker “pretends to be a trustworthy organization or person in order to steal your money or personal information,” and perpetrated by “phone, email, text, or even by messaging you on social media.” The common denominator between them is that the threat actor seeks to induce the victim to make a payment or provide Amazon credentials, the latter leading to a Prime account takeover and all that entails. Order confirmation scams follow a fairly predictable pattern, if you’ve been paying attention so far, in that they will involve another unexpected communication supposedly from Amazon, but this time referring to an unauthorised purchase of some kind. This is the type of attack I have been subjected to multiple times, and referred to at the start of this article, where my account credentials were requested to confirm or deny the alleged transaction.
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