Collaborate Disseminate
Crooks are leveraging the event management and ticketing website Eventbrite to deliver their phishing emails to potential targets. “Since July, these attacks have increased 25% week over week, resulting in a total growth rate of 900%,” Perc… Continue reading Phishers reach targets via Eventbrite services
Ticketmaster’s dominance has led to ridiculous service fees, scalpers galore, and exclusive contracts that exploit venues and artists. The moronic approval of venue operator and artist management giant Live Nation’s merger with Ticketmaster in 2010 produced an anti-competitive juggernaut. It pressures venues to sign ticketing contracts under veiled threat that artists would otherwise be routed […] Continue reading The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
In tech circles, it would be easy to assume that the world of high-impact charitable giving is a rich man’s game where deals are inked at exclusive black tie galas over fancy hors d’oeuvre. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Benioff have donated to SF hospitals that now bear their names. Gordon Moore has given away $5B […] Continue reading Rebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom up
A hacker took control of Ticketfly’s website and claims to have stolen the company’s customer database. Continue reading Hacker Defaces Ticketfly’s Website, Steals Customer Database