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Hackers behind the Ticketmaster breach have now leaked 440,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, claiming the breach is much bigger than anticipated. As a result, they increased the ransom from $1 million to $8 million.


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The ShinyHunters hacker group claims the Ticketmaster breach is far bigger than previously anticipated, stealing 193 million barcodes, including 440,000 Taylor Swift tickets. 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.

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