The ShinyHunters hacker group claims the Ticketmaster breach is far bigger than previously anticipated, stealing 193 million barcodes, including 440,000 Taylor Swift tickets. Valued at $22 billion, they now demand $8 million from LiveNation!
In May 2024, the notorious hacker group ShinyHunters breached Ticketmaster – LiveNation, as we know it. However, the hackers have now released new details about the extent of their breach. These details have been published on the infamous cybercrime and hacker platform Breach Forums titled “Ticketmaster event barcodes ‘Taylor Swift’ pt 1/65000.”
ShinyHunters marked the Fourth of July with a disturbing announcement: they claim to have stolen 440,000 tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. In a symbolic twist, they suggest that instead of Swift performing on her tour, she will be “performing in front of Congress,” indicating this breach’s severity and public exposure.
The hackers provide an extensive breakdown of their hack:
According to ShinyHunters, the hackers initially accepted a rushed $1 million offer from LiveNation to keep the breach under wraps. However, realizing the true value of the data they possess, they have escalated their demand to $8 million. They justify this increase by pointing out that they have found ways to make the breach more costly and complicated for the affected company.
Expanded Scope
In addition to the Taylor Swift tickets, ShinyHunters claims to have:
The hackers have detailed the extensive nature of the stolen data, which includes:
They boast that this breach is the largest publicly disclosed non-scrape breach of customer Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to date.
Hackread.com believes in transparency; therefore, we are publicly revealing that we used ChatGPT-4o to analyze the leaked data due to its complexity. Here’s the breakdown and conclusion:
UPDATE July 5, 2024
A Breach Forum user using the alias “Sp1d3rHunters,” believed to be part of the ShinyHunters group (though this remains unconfirmed), has published another listing claiming to have leaked 170,000 Taylor Swift ERAS Tour event barcodes. Sp1d3rHunters is demanding a $2 million ransom for this data.
The leak, as per the hacker, includes ticketing data for events in Miami, New Orleans, and Indianapolis. Here’s the breakdown:
It is worth noting that Sp1d3rHunters is the same hacker who, on June 20, 2024, leaked 1 million Ticketmaster user records from the original 650 million records initially stolen by the threat actors.
If Sp1d3rHunters is indeed part of the ShinyHunters group, it is unclear why the group is making two separate ransom demands, with one member asking for $2 million and another seeking $8 million.
In the worst-case scenario, Ticketmaster was breached by two different groups, and now its data is being held for ransom by two separate parties, or is it a case of hackers getting greedy, and trying to make as much money as possible from one breach?
ShinyHunters have removed their listing and the shared data from Breach Forums. The reason for this action is unknown. Currently, the only ticketing data from Ticketmaster on the forums is the one published by Sp1d3rHunters on July 5, 2024.
The initial post by ShinyHunters may have been an attempt to pressure Ticketmaster into paying the ransom. This article will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.
The ShinyHunters’ breach of Ticketmaster goes on to show the cybersecurity threat posed by cybercriminals. Although Ticketmaster previously acknowledged the breach, as the situation develops, it will be necessary to address the breach transparently, enhance its security protocols, and work towards restoring customer trust.
Meanwhile, customers should remain alert and monitor their accounts for suspicious activity. For more updates on this developing story, stay tuned!
Ticket Masters biggest worries aren’t the fines and reputation it the data that will expose in my personal belief that they are working with bot operators and how they are robbing Tailor Swift , she should pay for the data and use the leverage to go after Ticket Master for many many breaches also bot operators
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