Ticketmaster urges users to carry out checks as 560million customers’ data stolen and held ransom by hackers
nme.comHackread (via Billboard), the compromise in data was carried out by a well known hacker group called ShinyHunters, who claim that they have stolen 1.3 terabytes of data from Ticketmaster.Details obtained from the 560million customers include full names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales and event details, order information, and partial payment card data.
They are threatening to sell the data for $500,000 (£393,800).Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, has yet to acknowledge whether the reported data breach has in fact taken place.
That being said, officials in Australia’s Department of Home Affairs did tell the Australian Broadcasting Company that it was aware of a cyber incident that could potentially impact millions of Ticketmaster customers globally.
A spokesperson also said that it is “working with Ticketmaster to understand the incident” (as per Consequence).“Right now, since we only have the attackers’ words to go on, it’s too early to make any firm statements about whether there was a breach and what, if any, data was stolen,” said Christopher Budd, director, threat research, Sophos (via The Sun).“Regardless of whether the breach is legitimate, the attackers have been successful in drawing attention to a criminal forum that was recently taken down.
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