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The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 6 months ago

Ticketmaster Hacker Demands $500K Ransom (Plus $300K Ransom Processing Fee, $220K Ransom Handling Fee)

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Ticketmaster Hacker Demands $500K Ransom (Plus $300K Ransom Processing Fee, $220K Ransom Handling Fee)

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The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 6 months ago

Ticketmaster Hacker Demands $500K Ransom (Plus $300K Ransom Processing Fee, $220K Ransom Handling Fee) — The Shovel

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In a note posted online (which Ticketmaster was told they could print at home for a small $600,000 fee) the group ShinyHunters said they would release the 1.3 terabytes customer data as soon as the ransom was paid.

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I think they were actually hacked weren’t they?
- magnetosphere@fedia.io
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  I don’t know. This particular story is made up, though.
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    Yes, they were actually hacked. The ransom mentioned here is fake.

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