Amazon fake reviews scam exposed in data breach

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The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team uncovered an open ElasticSearch database exposing an organized fake reviews scam affecting Amazon.

The server contained a treasure trove of direct messages between Amazon vendors and customers willing to provide fake reviews in exchange for free products.
In total, 13,124,962 of these records (or 7 GB of data) have been exposed in the breach, potentially implicating more than 200,000 people in unethical activities.

While it is unclear who owns the database, the breach demonstrates the inner workings of a prevalent issue affecting the online retail industry.

Read the full article on https://archive.ph/ZfCI3.

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Interesting.

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I mean it's no suprise really. What is though that there seem to be virtually 0 people who told them to fuck off and reported those vendors..
Surely a few screenshots of those conversations should be enough to ban or atleast fine one vendor at a time.

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Expected.

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I mean it's no suprise really. What is though that there seem to be virtually 0 people who told them to fuck off and reported those vendors..
Surely a few screenshots of those conversations should be enough to ban or atleast fine one vendor at a time.

It’s obvious that such stuff would happen, and it’s easy to identify these kinds of activities, although I don’t think they would bother to take care of all of those vendors, especially one at a time. I think the best way is to create some sort of an algorithm that can identify potential scammers through the DM system.

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It’s obvious that such stuff would happen, and it’s easy to identify these kinds of activities, although I don’t think they would bother to take care of all of those vendors, especially one at a time. I think the best way is to create some sort of an algorithm that can identify potential scammers through the DM system.

Yeah my bad. Amazon just doesn't give a damn, and why should they? As long as the products those vendors sell aren't complete and utter trash, they won't do shit to protect the customer. The more reputation those vendors gain, no matter in which way, the more sales they generate and that also means more money for Amazon.

There will always be a market for fake reviews. I can't think of any solution right now to prevent this.
An algorithm could potentially recognize such vendors, although it would be very hard and very expensive for amazon or basically any company to setup and it conflicts with their interests aswell.
But at the end of the day it would only decentralise the problem even more. There are millions of messengers, social medias, chat rooms and forums out there. Cut off a hydra's head and two more will grow back.