US Entertainment Giant Faces Major Security Breach as Hackers Demand Ransom Ticketmaster has been hit by a massive cyber attack, putting the personal data of 560 million customers at risk. The breach, carried out by the notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters, has exposed sensitive customer information, including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and partial credit card numbers. The hackers are demanding a ransom of $500,000 from Ticketmaster to prevent the sale of the data on the dark web. Details of the Breach The US entertainment giant, known for supplying tickets to live music, sports, and theatre events, discovered unauthorized activity in a third-party database containing customer data. The threat to sell this data was made public on May 27, with samples of the compromised information already posted on a hacker forum. Live Nation, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, stated: "We are working to mitigate risk to our users and the company, and have notified and are ...
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