12/16/2025

Critical Amazon Kindle Hack Confirmed — What You Need To Know

Forbes

Updated December 16 with news of another warning for Amazon users as hackers take advantage of fears surrounding accounts being hacked, and a statement from Amazon, alongside the original reporting on critical Kindle security vulnerabilities as demonstrated at the Black Hat Europe hacker convention.

Amazon users are always a prime target for hackers, every pun intended, although it is usually phishing attacks that make the headlines. But what if I were to tell you that your Kindle could be used to gain full access to your Amazon account through a malicious book download? Here’s everything you need to know about the critical Amazon Kindle hack that has been demonstrated at the Black Hat Europe hacker convention in London.

Hacker Creates Malicious Book To Access Amazon Accounts

There is never a shortage of security surprises at the Black Hat Europe hacking conference, and the 2025 London-based event proved to be no exception. A cybersecurity researcher demonstrated how it was possible to access an Amazon account using critical vulnerabilities uncovered in the Kindle. What’s more, and the real surprise, it took nothing more than a malicious book download loaded onto the ebook reader.