Amazon Joins Capital One to Question Court’s Cloud Hack Ruling

Amazon.com Inc. is joining Capital One Financial Corp. in questioning a federal court ruling that let consumers pursue claims over a cloud hack.

Amazon, the bank’s cloud services provider, urged the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a filing Thursday to reconsider an earlier decision that the state’s negligence law protects personal information.

So far, Virginia’s negligence law has only applied to cases involving physical injury, not economic losses like those at issue with the hack, Capital One said in its initial request for a reconsideration.

Amazon and Capital One are asking for the Virginia Supreme ...