{"id":37234,"date":"2020-09-21T02:13:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T02:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/amazon-com-staff-took-bribes-manipulated-marketplace-and-leaked-data-including-search-algorithms\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T02:13:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T02:13:11","slug":"amazon-com-staff-took-bribes-manipulated-marketplace-and-leaked-data-including-search-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/amazon-com-staff-took-bribes-manipulated-marketplace-and-leaked-data-including-search-algorithms\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon.com staff took bribes, manipulated marketplace and leaked data including search algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Department of Justice has indicted six people over a scheme that allegedly used bribery and fraud to benefit third-party merchants that traded on Amazon.com\u2019s marketplace, and which saw corrupt Amazon insiders leak terabytes of data including some search algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s digital bazaar is open to third parties who can push their products on the e-commerce giant\u2019s store, and even have Amazon do their deliveries. 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A trial will presumably follow. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/09\/21\/amazon_fraud_ring_charged\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scheme saw banned merchants restored, rivals\u2019 stores binned, and cash sent around town in an Uber The United States Department of Justice has indicted six people over a scheme that allegedly used bribery and fraud to benefit third-party merchants that traded on Amazon.com\u2019s marketplace, and which saw corrupt Amazon insiders leak terabytes of data including some search algorithms.\u2026 READ MORE 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