in what s emerging as one of the biggest ever global consumer hacks. live nation entertainment says it s working to mitigate risk to users after the hackers offered personal data for sale on the dark net. earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. our business reporter simon browning told me more about this earlier. this is a massive attack. significant, significant, and a huge hack. first of all, ticketmaster, a company that we know all around the world if you like festivals, if you like going to concerts, if you like going to see comedians it s likely that you ve used ticketmaster s platforms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers. millions have signed up, millions will have given over their data. now, it was first reported on thursday when hackers said they had hacked ticketmaster. but there was no confirmation of that.
Sebastien Raoult, a 22-year-old from France, has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of Seattle to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of his activities in the ShinyHunters hacking group.
ShinyHunters sent emails to the subscribers, threatening to make all the accessed data public, including bank documents, passports, ID cards, and driving licences