In this photo illustration, A ticketmaster website is shown on a computer screen on November 18, 2022 in Miami, Florida.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Entertainment giant Ticketmaster acknowledges cybersecurity incident The reported breach could involve as many as 560 million customer records. May 31, 2024 By AJ Vicens
Amy Edwards demonstrated against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 24 as the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony about the impact of the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Live Nation blames bots and an ‘attack’ for Taylor Swift fiasco The company blamed a "bot attack" for crippling ticket sales for the Swift tour as it defends accusations of anti-competitive behavior. Jan 24, 2023 By AJ Vicens
(Getty Images) Ticketmaster pays $10M fine to settle charges of using stolen passwords to spy on rival company A former employee at the rival company had leaked logins to Ticketmaster, according to the Department of Justice. Dec 31, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
(James LeVeque)/remixed by Greg Otto) Up to 40 percent of traffic on ticket sites is automated. Here’s why that’s bad for security. Bad bots made up 39.9 percent of ticket-buying traffic between September and December 2018, according to Distil Networks. Feb 28, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Here’s how to defend your enterprise from Magecart With the body of forensic evidence tied to Magecart growing, researchers have released recommendations for defending against the group. Oct 29, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas
(Pixabay) Report suggests Ticketmaster breach was broader than initial disclosure A RiskIQ researcher says targeting third-party web apps is the "supply chain attack for the web." Jul 10, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
(Pixabay) Ticketmaster UK trades blame with chat app provider over payment data breach Ticketmaster says a chat app by Inbenta Technologies was the problem. But Inbenta claims Ticketmaster improperly deployed the app on its payment system. Jun 28, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee