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Ticketmaster Hacker Demands $500K Ransom (Plus $300K Ransom Processing Fee, $220K Ransom Handling Fee) (theshovel.com.au)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Best you can realistically hope for is a check for $7.31 and free credit reports for a year till it happens again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or the ranmsomers get enough money to make it no longer a viable business model...

Want to screw customers with hidden fees? Hackers will screw Ticketmaster with hidden ransoms

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Some one needs to send the guy that did the hack this article.