Amazon suffered a data breach on Wednesday that revealed customer names and email addresses.



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According to information reported by the press, the company's website suffered a data breach on Wednesday that revealed customer names and email addresses. The e-commerce giant has confirmed the offense, but declined to give details on the number of customers affected or in which countries and regions. The company said it solved the problem and informed the consumers concerned. The breakup occurred just two days before Black Friday's shopping party, one of the company's biggest shopping days. Amazon shares were down 0.7% pre-market, but up 29.7% in 2018, while the S & P 500

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decreased by 0.9%.

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