Ticketmaster Password Breach Impacts Customers

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Ticketmaster customers are getting their tickets stolen in the wake of a data breach

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Ticketmaster has been hit by a data breach that affected over 500 million customers.

The online ticket sales company is still dealing with the fallout from the data breach.

Ticketmaster accounts are of high value because they control 70% of the ticketing market for concerts in the U.S. It's unclear how exactly customer accounts are being accessed.

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