Ticketmaster Hacked: Personal info of 560M users is for sale

On Tuesday, the notorious ShinyHunters hacking group claimed to have breached Live Nation-Ticketmaster and stolen the personal data of 560 million users, including payment details.

As of Wednesday, Live Nation-Ticketmaster had not informed affected users or released a statement to the press. We will publish any response or updates.

Massive and Damaging Data

The massive 1.3 terabytes of data is for sale on Breach Forums for $500,000.

ShinyHunters has allegedly accessed full names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales and event details, order information, and partial payment card data, including customer names, the last four digits of the card, expiration dates, and customer fraud details.

ShinyHunters claims to have contacted Ticketmaster regarding the breach but has yet to receive a response.

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a Berklee College Of Music professor.