Ticketmaster confirms data leak of 560 million users
Ticketmaster confirms data leak of 560 million users#### Ticketmaster Live Nation has confirmed that the internal data of 560 million customers was exposed in a cyber attack.
“On May 27, 2024, an attacker offered the alleged data of the company’s users for sale via the breachforums website. We are working to mitigate the risk to our users and the company, and we have informed and are cooperating with law enforcement authorities. We are also informing regulators and users as appropriate with respect to unauthorized access to personal data.”
The attacker, under the name ShinyHunters, sold 1.3TB of stolen customer data, including names, addresses, emails and phone numbers, the last four digits of credit card numbers, their expiration dates and much more. This data set is being offered for $500,000.
Live Nation has confirmed to various media outlets that the third party whose environment was targeted in the breach is cloud storage company Snowflake.
“To date, we do not believe this activity was caused by any vulnerability, misconfiguration or malicious activity within the Snowflake product.”
Interestingly, despite the reportedly large number of customers affected by the incident, Live Nation downplayed its operational and financial impact on the company.
“As of the date of this filing, the incident has not had, and we do not believe is likely to have, a material impact on our overall business operations or our financial condition or results of operations,” the statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concludes. “We continue to evaluate the risks and our remediation efforts are ongoing.”