I also recommend removing all payment methods and forgetting about Amazon.
Just make sure to store any emails and support protocols that indicate that the account was recognized as hacked. This will be important if you ever have to deal with the debt in mediation/court.
It would be helpful if you explain why you would stay away from aws.
Re:Tragic story – AWS hacked account
by londons_explore on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:13AM
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Not paying a debt and walking away isn't a criminal offence.
Signing up again under a different name to continue using the service you have been banned from could be considered fraud by misrepresentation, which in most places is a fairly serious criminal offence (even though it is very unlikely to be prosecuted in this case).
Re:Tragic story – AWS hacked account
by quickthrower2 on Friday December 10, 2021 @03:13AM
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What if you start a corp and that corp signs up?
Re:Tragic story – AWS hacked account
by londons_explore on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:26AM
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Ask a real lawyer...
Cybercrime aside, AWS is almost always not worthwhile for small business or individual use. Issues like opaque billing, devops complexity and vendor lock-in go away immediately if you switch to Digital Ocean or one of the many simpler and cheaper cloud providers. Unless you are building something that is specific to AWS, relying on AWS as individual/small company is like buying enterprise router from Cisco or Fortinet for your home network - technically nothing is stopping you from doing so, but it's an overkill.
Just remove the credit card from the account and let them suspend it indefinitely. Beware that you will lose anything you had stored on the account.
If you really need Amazon, set up a new account with a new email address, although I'd stay away from AWS.