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06-01-2018, 03:00 AM
Ticketfly hacker threatens to release more stolen data
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As far as blackmail goes, it was a relatively small request.*
The hacker who claims to have gained access to a host of data from Ticketfly, prompting the Eventbrite-owned ticketing company to pull its site offline sometime late last night, told Mashable that he was only after a single bitcoin.*
SEE ALSO: Remotely hacking ships shouldn't be this easy, and yet ... (https://mashable.com/2017/07/18/hacking-boats-is-fun-and-easy/)
"[Yes] i asked them 1 bitcoin for protection," explained the hacker, who goes by IShAkDz, over email, in addition to sharing a huge repository of allegedly stolen files. "But I did not receive a reply from them."
At the time of this writing, that comes out to around $7,500. For context, the person who hacked HBO last year wanted around $6.5 million (https://mashable.com/2017/08/08/hbo-hack-cybersecurity-ransom/) worth of bitcoin.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/31/ticketfly-hacked/)
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As far as blackmail goes, it was a relatively small request.*
The hacker who claims to have gained access to a host of data from Ticketfly, prompting the Eventbrite-owned ticketing company to pull its site offline sometime late last night, told Mashable that he was only after a single bitcoin.*
SEE ALSO: Remotely hacking ships shouldn't be this easy, and yet ... (https://mashable.com/2017/07/18/hacking-boats-is-fun-and-easy/)
"[Yes] i asked them 1 bitcoin for protection," explained the hacker, who goes by IShAkDz, over email, in addition to sharing a huge repository of allegedly stolen files. "But I did not receive a reply from them."
At the time of this writing, that comes out to around $7,500. For context, the person who hacked HBO last year wanted around $6.5 million (https://mashable.com/2017/08/08/hbo-hack-cybersecurity-ransom/) worth of bitcoin.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/31/ticketfly-hacked/)
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