"The real mystery is...how does something like this wind up on the front page of HN?" Why are you dismissing this as HN-unworthy news? Amazon is well known fo

"The real mystery is...how does something like this wind up on the front page of HN?" Why are you dismissing this as HN-unworthy news? Amazon is well known for their sophisticated internal monitoring systems. They often will take down reviews if they are fake and generated from the same IP or MAC addresses. The point of this article is that a band of sellers have managed to hack the Amazon iron curtain and how they did it is the $64000 question. It is not about saying "this is nothing new" -- it is about being curious about "how is this being exploited (i.e. hacked) and taken advantage of and why is this being allowed to persist given the almighty Amazon resources and their goal to make it a safe marketplace".