Spyke
0110010001100010
lemmy.world

“The cost for the ransom is $500,000. Your total ransom amount will be calculated on the next page. Would you like to upgrade to a special souvenir, limited-edition ransom for an extra $40 million?” the note read.

The group also offered Ticketmaster the opportunity to upgrade their ransom to ‘Refundable’ for just an extra $12 million, which would allow the company to request a refund and then have it later denied.

Bwahahahaha. Get fucked Ticketmaster.

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BenGFHCreply
kbin.social

I think they were actually hacked weren't they?

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spriteblood
kbin.social

I'm 100% not okay with stealing and ransoming people's personal information, but this makes me want to be 99% not okay with it.

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dependencyinjectionreply
discuss.tchncs.de

I am 100% ok with ransoming companies with poor security.

We balance each other out. I’ll never feel sorry for a corporation and ticket master are one of the worst.

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metaStaticreply
kbin.social

it's not the company that suffers though, everyone already has their personal data ...

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dependencyinjectionreply
discuss.tchncs.de

That’s inevitable at this point anyway. If you’re that concerned then change what you can every time there is a breach.

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Macreply
mander.xyz

your comment implies we already aren't doing that.

do not project your apathy toward your own privacy onto the rest of us.

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Maevereply
kbin.social

You know this affected a bunch of individual humans, many of whom skipped meals and other things, to buy an overpriced ticket for a moment of brightness in a life of drudgery?

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Miaoureply
jlai.lu

Fuck hospitals and end users then? The party losing the most here is certainly not ticketmaster

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veroxiireply
aussie.zone

Yeah the hackers can get fucked. But Ticketmaster can go get fucked more.

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octopus_ink
lemmy.ml

There's maybe three companies that I have no sympathy for in a case like this. Ticketmaster is one of them.

Edit: OMG I sincerely ate the onion.

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veroxiireply
aussie.zone

There was a real hack. The onion is just making a joke about it.

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stevedidwhat_infosec
infosec.pub

As much as I dislike Ticketmaster and their practices, these data breaches affect real people for the rest of their lives.

Not a good situation and Ticketmaster needs to be held 100% accountable.

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Sabata11792reply
kbin.social

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

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Zootreply
reddthat.com

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

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stevedidwhat_infosecreply
infosec.pub

Fully aware of the sub I’m in, this did still happen though and I was referring to the comments

Woooosh yourself lol

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Maeve
kbin.social

Thanks for my daily giggle, op! Apples cost more than a laugh, both are good medicine.

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