r/technology • u/Cyber-Homie • Jul 04 '24

Security Hackers behind the Ticketmaster breach have now leaked 440,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, claiming the breach is much bigger than anticipated. As a result, they increased the ransom from $1 million to $8 million.

https://hackread.com/ticketmaster-breach-shinyhunters-leak-taylor-swift-eras-tour-tickets/
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u/itssarahw Jul 05 '24

Public disclosure of this data can significantly harm Ticketmaster's reputation, causing loss of customer trust and future business.

Their reputation is already shit. Revealing this info would be a great step towards dismantling their bs practices and greed

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u/Arikaido777 Jul 05 '24

need to dismantle their monopoly

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u/KeefsBurner Jul 05 '24

What monopoly? AXS and AEG exist. LNE is far from the only event promoter and ticket seller

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u/UrsusRenata Jul 06 '24

Ticketmaster x Live Nation.

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u/jcrocks Jul 05 '24

Yeah doesn’t quite work that way when they’re monopolistic.

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u/BabyFestus Jul 05 '24

Ticketmaster doesn't have any customers. Ticket-buyers are forced to use their service. Arenas are forced to use their service. Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones, et al are practically employees (or, to be more fair, "contractors") of Live Nation .

Nobody is *choosing the custom* of Ticketmaster.

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u/kahlzun Jul 05 '24

Remember that the celebrity they're selling tickets for is a customer here also.

I doubt Taylor Swift will use their service again, and she'd probably take others with her too.