data breach Archives - Reveal

An illustration shows small bandits breaking open a computer. Data is leaking out of the screen.

Behind the Smiles

Amazon Leaks

by Ike Sriskandarajah, Will Evans, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Nadia Hamdan, Queena Sook Kim, Andy Donohue, Taki Telonidis, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Steven Rascón, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Kevin Sullivan November 20, 2021November 24, 2021

Amazon knows a lot about you. Customers trust that their data and purchases are kept secret and secure, but internal documents show the tech giant’s inability to safeguard its own data.

Behind the Smiles

Inside Amazon’s Failures to Protect Your Data: Internal Voyeurs, Bribery Scandals and Backdoor Schemes

by Will Evans November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

For years, the retail giant has been keeping something from you: It’s handled your information much less carefully than it handles your packages.

Surveillance and Privacy

Are Christian conservatives behind breach of 18 million voter records?

by G.W. Schulz March 2, 2016June 30, 2021

A man in Texas recently uncovered an online breach of millions of bits of personal information for registered U.S. voters. The data appeared to stem from evangelical Christian activists’ political outreach efforts. But who had leaked it or hacked it – and why?