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‘Alexa, Protect My Data’: Amazon Sends Private Voice Files to Unauthorized Customer

ID: 41ef944f-2eda-5d7e-aefa-2195a1c0f604

STIX ID: report--41ef944f-2eda-5d7e-aefa-2195a1c0f604

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2018-12-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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**Amazon accidentally disclosed 1,700 Alexa voice recordings and transcripts to an unauthorized customer in Germany, allowing a magazine to identify the recorded individual; the company called it an "isolated incident" due to human error and cited steps to remediate while raising GDPR notification and privacy concerns.**

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