Ticketmaster was hit by a cyberattack in November that led to the problems with ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming U.S. tour.
A massive influx of traffic on the Ticketmaster website caused the slowdown in ticket sales as a part of that was due to a cyberattack.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ticketmaster-says-cyberattack-disrupted-taylor-swift-ticket-sales/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ticketmaster
"id": "tic212625123",
"linkid": "ticketmaster",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Entertainment',
'name': 'Ticketmaster',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': ['DDoS'],
'date_detected': 'November',
'description': 'Ticketmaster was hit by a cyberattack in November that led to '
'the problems with ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming '
'U.S. tour. A massive influx of traffic on the Ticketmaster '
'website caused the slowdown in ticket sales as a part of that '
'was due to a cyberattack.',
'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Slowdown in ticket sales'],
'systems_affected': ['Ticketmaster website']},
'title': 'Cyberattack on Ticketmaster during Taylor Swift Tour Ticket Sales',
'type': 'Cyberattack'}