Hackers Stole Ticketmaster User Data And Tried To Sell It On The Dark Web, Parent Company Live Nation Says

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In an unsettling end-of-week regulatory filing, Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment reported Friday that it had caught a hacker trying to sell user data via the dark web.

The episode dates to May 20, the company said in the SEC filing. The company said it had “identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment containing company data,” primarily from Ticketmaster.

A forensic investigation revealed that on May 27 (this past Monday), a “criminal threat actor” offered what it said was company user data for sale via the dark web. “We are working to mitigate risk to our users and the company, and have notified and are cooperating with law enforcement,” the company said. “As appropriate, we are also notifying regulatory authorities and users with respect to unauthorized access to personal information.” The incident is awkwardly timed, as Live Nation has come under the microscope of federal antitrust regulators.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice filed suit against Live Nation, seeking to separate it from Ticketmaster due to what it calls monopolistic behavior.