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Inside the Shadow Market for Amazon Employee Access

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

A Bloomberg investigation reveals a hidden marketplace where brokers sell access to Amazon employees for bribes, enabling sellers to manipulate reviews and listings. The scheme involves payments of thousands of dollars to insiders who can alter product data or suppress negative feedback. Amazon says it has terminated employees and is pursuing legal action against the brokers.

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The story underscores how platform-scale companies remain vulnerable to insider threats, despite automated moderation systems.
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