39,000 concert tickets hacked and valid: Ticketmaster victim of a massive leak

After a massive cyberattack last May, Ticketmaster is far from done with hackers. A hacker called “Sp1d3rHunters” recently published a particularly impressive file on a dark web forum. It contains approximately 39,000 tickets stolen from Ticketmaster, a company known for being one of the heavyweights in the sale of concert tickets.

39,000 valid concert tickets are in the wild

The hacker behind this leak claims that all the tickets are valid. In fact, they are supposedly printable tickets and instructions on how to turn them into an “official” concert ticket accompany his message. In total, the CSV file posted online contains the barcodes of 38,745 concert tickets for nearly 160 events and concerts. The list includes:

• P!NK – Summer Carnival 2024 (multiple cities)
• Aerosmith – PEACE OUT The Farewell Tour (around ten cities)
• Chris Brown – The 11:11
• Neil Young – Crazy Hourse – Love Earth Tour (July 8)
• Alanis Morissette – The Triple Moon Tour (July 13)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: Unlimited Love Tour (July 17)
• Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2024
• Round
• USHER: Past Present Future
• Pearl Jam
• Sammy Hagar
• Stevie Nicks
• Steve Miller Band
• Circus of the Sun

Also featured in the affected events are: Billy Joel & Sting, Carrie Underwood, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Phish, STING, Tate McRae, and $uicideboy$.

This post comes a few weeks after the massive data leak of the Ticketmaster group. Hackers called ShinyHunters put the data of 560 million customers up for sale. For its part, Tickemaster has confirmed this large-scale hack and the hackers are now trying to blackmail the group.

In addition to the threats and an initial demand for payment of $500,000, the hacking group leaked 166,000 Taylor Swift ticket barcodes. They then demanded a larger sum of money: $2 million.

War is declared between Ticketmaster and cybercriminals

Faced with blackmail, Tickemaster refuses to give in and assures that this data has no value. “Ticketmaster’s SafeTix technology protects tickets by automatically updating a new, unique barcode at regular intervals so it cannot be stolen or copied.”Ticketmaster explained to BleepingComputer. In concrete terms, the barcode would evolve approximately every 10 seconds to make them untransferable.

With this third leak, Sp1d3rHunters aims to demonstrate that many printable tickets have barcodes that cannot be modified. “Ticketmaster is lying to the public and saying barcodes cannot be used. The database includes both online and physical tickets”replies the hacker behind the leak. The hacker group ends its speech with the following message: “Pay us $2 million or we will release the ticket barcodes and e-tickets for all your events”Ticketmaster has yet to respond to this new data leak.

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