The details are still fresh but is appears Ticketmaster has had a databreach and is being extorted for $US500,000.
Over 500million customer globally and 1.3 terabytes of customer data possessed by Ticketmaster including names, addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers and payment details is up for sale.
Considering the company size the extortion amount seems lower than what has been seen in the past and the size of data is quite large. Based on these points let’s guess what could of caused the breach. It could of been:
- From a past employee who feels they didn’t get paid their fair share?
- A beginner cyber attacker that just wants enough money to live their life. This is less likely as the size of data indicates the cyber attack was probably more sophisticated.
I’m wondering how many breaches will need to occur before people understand that Risk is not “it might happen” and realise Risk means “it is going to happen sometime in the future”. Risk always happens its just a matter of which comes first, the risk event or you leaving the company.
For companies that don’t want to be hacked, I’d suggest reaching out to Vertex Cyber Security for consultation or a cyber audit from Vertex to find those Risks that are waiting to happen.