A hacker took control of Ticketfly's website and claims to have stolen the company's customer database.
He defaced its website with a picture of the V for Vendetta character and a claim of responsibility.
The hacker also sent Motherboard files of what they say is employee and customer information taken from Ticketfly’s database.
The company did not say whether any event tickets were stolen or otherwise compromised.
In an email conversation with Motherboard, the hacker claimed to have warned Ticketfly of a vulnerability that allowed him to take control of all databases for Ticketfly and its website.
The hacker said they asked for 1 bitcoin to share the details of the vulnerability.
The hacker also pointed to a server where they uploaded a series of allegedly hacked files.
Among them, there are several CSV spreadsheet files containing what appear to be personal details of Ticketfly customers and employees, including names, home, email addresses, and phone numbers and each spreadsheet contains thousands of names.
Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbk3nx/ticketfly-website-database-hacked-data-breach
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