floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTicketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down13cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoAnd how does this honestly affect Ticketmaster? I doubt it damages them at all. Their customers are fucked, but do they see this as something they need to keep secure? I doubt they spend that much on security.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoThe customers will obviously go and buy their tickets from the competition instead. Oh wait…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoNah, the settlement to provide credit monitoring is cheaper.
minus-squareGerudo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoIt doesn’t, because you HAVE to use them at the vast majority of venues. There is no other choice.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agothey also own venues, and are also: show producers, promoters, merchandisers… and they might also be the artist’s management.
And how does this honestly affect Ticketmaster? I doubt it damages them at all. Their customers are fucked, but do they see this as something they need to keep secure? I doubt they spend that much on security.
The customers will obviously go and buy their tickets from the competition instead.
Oh wait…
Nah, the settlement to provide credit monitoring is cheaper.
It doesn’t, because you HAVE to use them at the vast majority of venues. There is no other choice.
they also own venues, and are also: show producers, promoters, merchandisers… and they might also be the artist’s management.