may have suffered one of the biggest data breaches of all time, if reports from a nefarious hacking group are to be trusted.the online infrastructure tied to the hackers making these claims just two weeks ago — calling into question how the group reassembled so quickly, and whether the scope of the incident is overhyped.The group claims it has data tied to roughly 560 million Ticketmaster customers, including credit card information and customers' home addresses and email addresses.
This isn't the first time BreachForums has gone down and come back to life: Last March, law enforcement arrested the then-administrator andThe cybercriminal ecosystem is nuanced, and most people don't understand the dynamics surrounding hackers' posts on these dark web data-selling forums. In the absence of an official company statement that either confirms or denies the alleged Ticketmaster breach, misinformation is starting to run rampant.ShinyHunters is asking for as a ransom — although the group is just selling the data to the highest bidder, rather than demanding Ticketmaster pay $500,000 itself.
The statement by Australian officials has also led many to think this incident has been confirmed, even though the officials have only said that they are working with Ticketmaster to understand what happened.The group has been operating since 2020, and has allegedly breached Microsoft and AT&T, too, according to Matt Hull, global head of threat intelligence at the NCC Group.
Typically, they also break into companies through phishing campaigns and purchasing previously leaked passwords.Share on linkedin
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