Ticketmaster appears to have suffered a huge data breach, causing it to lose sensitive data on hundreds of millions of users.

A report from Hackread claims a group known as ShinyHunters published a 1.3TB database of compromised customer data, according to news reports. (May 30, 2024.)

TechRadar online reports that the database contained sensitive information on 560 million users, including payment data, names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales and event details, order information, and even partial payment card data.

The hackers are said to have demanded $500,000 in exchange for the database.

Prior to offering the database for sale, ShinyHunters reached out to Ticketmaster-Live Nation in an extortion attempt, the group told Hackread – however the company allegedly did not respond to the group’s attempt to communicate.

But there are question marks about the whole affair, with some speculating it could be a huge publicity stunt following the relaunch of the BreachForums site.

Either way, it is a good reminder that we should all be vigilant online.

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