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Several Ticketmaster executives conspired a hack against a rival concert presales firm, in attempt to ‘choke off’ its business. Continue reading Ticketmaster Coughs Up $10 Million Fine After Hacking Rival Business
By Deeba Ahmed
Ticketmaster illegally accessed its competitor’s computer systems to ‘choke off’ the victim’s business. It’s now paying $10 million in fine.
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The US Department of Justice has announced that Ticketmaster has been fined $10 million for repeatedly accessing a competitor’s computer systems in order to gain a commercial advantage. Continue reading Ticketmaster fined $10 million after hack of business rival
One of the biggest brands in the music and events business, Ticketmaster, has agreed to pay a $10 million fine for “computer intrusion and fraud offenses” after employees used stolen credentials to spy on a competitor, according to the Department of Justice. The rival company didn’t know that one of its former employees had leaked logins to Ticketmaster, which used them to gather information in the mid-2010s about the competitor’s technology and other aspects of its business. “Ticketmaster employees repeatedly – and illegally – accessed a competitor’s computers without authorization using stolen passwords to unlawfully collect business intelligence,” said acting U.S. Attorney Seth D. DuCharme. “Further, Ticketmaster’s employees brazenly held a division-wide ‘summit’ at which the stolen passwords were used to access the victim company’s computers, as if that were an appropriate business tactic.” The feds don’t name the victim company, but it’s widely known to be Songkick. The investigation […]
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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, November 2020.
Manchester United FC remains impacted by a seemly major cyber-attack, which I covered in a… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for December 2020
Ticketmaster UK, a leading ticketing company and part of Ticketmaster, has been fined £ 1.25 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as it failed to protect customer data during the infamous February 2018 data breach. The company is stil… Continue reading The ICO Fines Ticketmaster UK £1.25 Million for Security Failures: A Lesson to be Learned
Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open. Continue reading Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks
An exposed database containing 17 million email addresses exposed a massive fraud scheme impacting vendors like Groupon and Ticketmaster. Continue reading Major Groupon, Ticketmaster Fraud Scheme Exposed By Insecure Database
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
A British firm of solicitors, which specialises in helping victims of cybercrime claim compensation, has launched a £5 million (US $6.5 million) legal action against Ticketmaster.
Continue reading Ticketmaster is hit by a £5 million legal action after online payment card theft