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May 31, 2018 10:52 pm GMT
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Ticketfly hacker threatens to release more stolen data
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.
"[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 worth of bitcoin. Read more...
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