“Except to the extent caused by our breach of this Agreement, (a) you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, regardless of whether the activities are authorized by you or undertaken by you, your employees or a third party (including your contractors, agents or End Users)”
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The unconditional scope of account responsibility means customers bear liability for unauthorized or third-party actions taken under their account, with no exception for actions they did not approve.
Customers are held responsible for all actions taken under their account by anyone—including unauthorized actors—with no carve-out for activity they did not authorize.
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"Except to the extent caused by our breach of this Agreement, (a) you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, regardless of whether the activities are authorized by you or undertaken by you, your employees or a third party (including your contractors, agents or End Users)Excerpt from AWS's Customer Agreement
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The unconditional scope of account responsibility means customers bear liability for unauthorized or third-party actions taken under their account, with no exception for actions they did not approve.
Customers are held responsible for all actions taken under their account by anyone—including unauthorized actors—with no carve-out for activity they did not authorize.
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