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A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say (qz.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million.

From this other link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/ticketmaster-hack-allegedlyshinyhunter-customers-data-leaked/103908614

It said 1.3 terabytes of customer data possessed by Ticketmaster including names, addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers and payment details is up for sale.

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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, earlier this month, I had to literally disable quite a few bits of adblocks and other extensions just so that Ticketmaster's crappy CAPTCHA thing would allow me to even log in. Literally screamed "Why are you pestering me, I'm just trying to buy a ticket to a local car show, not a fucking Madonna concert"

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And you had to pay a "convenience" fee for the privilege too.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh last year I paid the ticket in cash, 20€, no problem. This year? 20€, plus 1+bits euros of processing fees. To "deliver" my ticket to the platform of my choice. (...Mobile app.)

So I went to the car show. They still had the cash booth. Mild failure to communicate. I just dodged the field of view of the booth guys, out of shame, and entered like normal, glad the ticket guards were accommodating.

Oh I forgot the best part! When I was trying to log on and the security interfered with CAPTCHAs, Ticketmaster reset my password several times. That's how you know this company take security seriously. /s (Literally no site does this.)