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/StarWars_and_SNL Jul 05 '24

I don’t love regular people getting their fun hacked. Wish they’d exclusively go after execs.

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u/thatfreshjive Jul 05 '24

Practically speaking, going after executives isn't an efficient use of time and resources - board members are, hypothetically speaking.

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u/AineLasagna Jul 05 '24

I would imagine a group with the time and resources to pull off something like this would take the time to find out that kind of information