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Amazon force-resets some account passwords, citing password leak

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports:

Amazon has force-reset an unknown number of accounts, after passwords may have been compromised.

A number of readers told ZDNet they received an email from Amazon saying the company has reset their account password. The message was also sent to their account message center on Amazon.com, and Amazon.co.uk, confirming the message is genuine.

Read more on ZDNet.


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