Live Nation took 11 days to confirm the massive Ticketmaster data breach

/ Data allegedly belonging to 560 million Ticketmaster customers has been on sale all week, but the company stayed silent until Friday night.

By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget.

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Someone going by the name “ShinyHunters” has been advertising a 1.3TB cache of data allegedly containing personal data (names, email/home addresses, and phone numbers), credit card details, and other information about 560 million Ticketmaster customers for $500,000 in hacking forums all week.

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