Amazon accounts hacked? "Your Amazon.com password has been changed"

Amazon changed it’s customers accounts passwords after what it seems to be a global security breach. Peoples from all the world received emails saying that their account’s password has changed:

Hello username,

This is an important message from Amazon.com

At Amazon we take your security and privacy very seriously. As part of our routine monitoring, we discovered a list of email address and password sets posted online. While the list was not Amazon-related, we know that many customers reuse their passwords on several websites. We believe your email address and password set was on that list. So we have taken the precaution of resetting your Amazon.com password. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused but felt that it was necessary to help protect you and your Amazon account.

To regain access to your Amazon customer account:

1. Go to Amazon.com and click the “Your Account” link at the top of our website.

2. Click the link that says “Forgot your password?”

3. Follow the instructions to set a new password for your account.

Please choose a new password and do not use the same password you used with us previously. We also highly recommend that you chose a password that you are not using on any other sites. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Sincerely,

Amazon.com

If you have more details about this possible cyber attack, please contact us.
Meanwhile, if you have an account at Amazon, we suggest you to change your password as soon as possible.

MelB

Well both my friend’s company credit card and my personal debit card had fraudulent charges around the time of this article. I’ve use my card at a few different merchants but try to never save it’s details for later use. However, Amazon doesn’t have the option not to save credit card details. I’ll admit my details could have been stolen from elsewhere, but my friends company credit card is only used at Amazon, Fresh Direct and local markets. Hardly a coincidence if you ask me.
raresp

There are two possibilities, all the accounts were hacked or only a few. I guess that Amazon sent this email to lots of it’s customers, even to some of the customers that weren’t affected by this possible hacking attack.
Billof Rights

Surprised this is being kept hush hush. The only news story I’ve seen about this incident is here. I also received an e mail from Amazon
Luigi Vercotti

I am unsure what is going on as I received the above e-mail, yet when I went to Amazon I was still able to sign in using the password that was supposedly reset. I changed it anyway, but not sure why I was told it was reset when that was not the case.
Scott Norton

All users who have received such an email have had their password reset. If you attempt to log in to Amazon.com and find that your usual password is no longer working, check your inbox and spam folder for this email, then click the “Forgot Your Password” link.

Protect yourself from hacker attacks. Always make sure the page you are logging into is at the address you were expecting to see. If a page asks for your Amazon login details but the address bar does not open with “https://www.amazon.com”, GET AWAY!!!
- http://www.manorialrights.org/ Stuart Stephen
  
  This isn’t true. I have had the email, so I logged out of the account and tried logging in again. I used my old password, so that proves that it has not been reset.
  
  I would actually like to know which user/password list the email refers to. Actually withholding that information is as far as I am concerned a personal security breach as I do not know exactly which account(s) of mine that this list might affect.
  
  I think the email is authentic though as the email for me was from amazon.co.uk which is correct for my residence.
  
  I think I will change my password for my own personal peace of mind.

Amazon accounts hacked? “Your Amazon.com password has been changed”

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