A putative class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Louisville, Ky., in connection with a hacking incident over the weekend that led to the access of personal information on 24 million customers of Zappos.com, a unit of Amazon.com Inc.
According to the lawsuit, Theresa D. Stevens vs. Amazon.com Inc., DBA Zappos.com, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in Louisville, the thieves gained access to the online shoe retailer's internal network through servers located in Shepherdsville, Ky.