Over the weekend, you might have read about Zappos getting hacked. Specifically, some of their account information was illegally accessed. I read about it but didn’t think too much about it until this morning I got an email from them and it turns out that my account may have been one of the 24 million that was grabbed.
What I want to write about is how Zappos handled it and how it can be a great example for any business that has to deal with a problem not of its own making. As an aside, I think Zappos is a model for many things in business – customer service being quite high on the list. But let’s stick to the issue at hand. Continue reading

