earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. with me is our business reporter simon browning. iamjust i am just staggered, it is 500 million ticketmaster customers. you sate perfectly- million ticketmaster customers. 7m. sate perfectly. this million ticketmaster customers. 7m, sate perfectly. this is a massive attack. a significant, significant and a huge hike. firstly, ticketmaster, a company we know all around the world if like festivals, concerts, comedians, it is likely you have used ticketmaster s platforms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers, millions have signed up, millions have given over their data. it was first reported on thursday when hackers said they had hacked ticketmaster but there was no confirmation of that but this morning in a filing in the us in the security and exchange commission, the owners of ticketmaster indicated there had b
been accused of hacking in other places previously, at and t in the uk and pizza hut in australia for some it is significant, ticketmaster a massive platform here in the uk. this morning, they are selling tickets for a new janet jackson tour and james blunt. it is a big operation. fix, and james blunt. it is a big operation- and james blunt. it is a big oeration. .,, ., ., and james blunt. it is a big oeration. ., ., and james blunt. it is a big oeration. ., ., ., , operation. a huge operation. so many eole operation. a huge operation. so many peeple potentially operation. a huge operation. so many people potentially affected, operation. a huge operation. so many people potentially affected, a - operation. a huge operation. so many people potentially affected, a lot - people potentially affected, a lot of concern no doubt? people potentially affected, a lot of concern no doubt? obviously. this is our own personal of concern no doubt? obviously. this is our own personal de