Ticketmaster, a major ticketing conglomerate, has reportedly been hacked by the notorious hacker group ShinyHunters. The breach has affected approximately 560 million Ticketmaster customers, with the group claiming to have stolen a vast amount of sensitive user data. This data includes full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and order history information, including ticket purchase details and event information. Partial payment data, including names, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and card expiration dates, have also allegedly been exposed.
The hacker group is selling the 1.3 terabyte-sized trove of data for a one-time price of $500,000 on a popular hacking forum. As of now, it’s unclear exactly how ShinyHunters carried out its attack. Ticketmaster has yet to comment on the situation or corroborate the hackers’ claims. However, Australia’s Home Affairs Department has confirmed a cyber incident impacting Ticketmaster customers.
This breach comes at a challenging time for Ticketmaster. Just last week, the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company, seeking to break up the alleged monopoly its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, holds over the live music and entertainment industry. Amid this nightmare for the company, a hacker group is now claiming to have stolen more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers’ data in an attack. The company has struggled with bad actors online using bots and other methods to disrupt the ticketing service and scoop up tickets to resell. The company also has a history of being the bad actor itself when it comes to electronic data. In 2020, the company agreed to pay $10 million to rival ticketing company SongKick after individuals on Ticketmaster’s payroll obtained login credentials and gained unauthorized access to its competitors’ computers.
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