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Over half a billion people possibly affected by Ticketmaster data breach


The personal details of thousands of Australian customers may have been leaked in the alleged data breach.

Industry publication CyberDaily reported that the personal details of 560 million Ticketmaster customers may have been leaked in a data breach claimed by a notorious hacker group ShinyHunters. Reports of the hacking come a week after LiveNation, which owns Ticketmaster, was sued by the US Department of Justice over claims it is running an illegal live event "monopoly". The DOJ alleged the ticketing giant's monopoly on the market was driving up prices for fans and pushing out smaller competition.

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