Live Nation Entertainment, also known as Ticketmaster, has submitted an official Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), acknowledging and confirming that the recently rumored data breach is real.
In the filing (which can be seen here), Ticketmaster says that on May 20, 2024, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. discovered unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment that
Access was gained through a third-party cloud database provider, which we know to be Snowflake.
I’ve been wondering about this a little, if the exposure is greater than just increased spam and phishing risk (due to PII info being breached).
If they’ve got hashed credit card details and the last 4 digits, could they fire guesses at the hashes (just like l0phtcrack for CCs instead of windows SAM databases)?
How much risk is there to people’s personal funds via their credit cards?
I’ve been wondering about this a little, if the exposure is greater than just increased spam and phishing risk (due to PII info being breached).
If they’ve got hashed credit card details and the last 4 digits, could they fire guesses at the hashes (just like l0phtcrack for CCs instead of windows SAM databases)?
How much risk is there to people’s personal funds via their credit cards?