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Yes, for the avoidance of doubt - we got the OK from AWS to publish this research

Reminds me of the old slogan for Kix cereal.

"Kid Tested. Mother Approved."

Kids tested it but we don't know if they approved it. We don't know if mothers tested it; we only know they approved it.

Why all the doubt? "not sure" "can't imagine"

When the source says they already did their due diligence...

The initial text was ambiguous but the author has now clarified their answer in this thread. Do you really think they were happy with this? I actually think this might open other attack vectors.

I agree that the account number just by itself is not a secret, but there is a reason why all AWS demo videos mask the account number.

They can fix the bug if they don't like it.

This is my attitude towards security disclosures. In this case, Amazon approved the disclosure. But even if they hadn't, it's better for the good guys and bad guys to know about problems when the alternative is only the bad guys knowing (or the bad guys and a few good guys at the affected company).