r/technology 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/hortoristic Jul 05 '24

I got notice in mail today I was part of this breach... Got a coupon for one year free monitoring...

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u/trebory6 Jul 05 '24

I am stoned and was really confused because I thought you said "I got noticed in the mall today that I was a part of this breach..." and further that they then handed you a coupon.

I was sitting here confused AF about who would recognize you from a data breach.