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new details today on that massive data
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breach impacting loads of Ticket Master
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customers a hacking group now claiming
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responsibility ABC's Alexis
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christopherus is here with more on what
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you need to know Alexis good morning
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good morning Whit this is a massive data
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breach affecting more than half a
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billion Ticket Master customers parent
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company Live Nation confirms it found
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unauthorized activity on its database
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May 20th one week later on May 27th the
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company says a group of hackers tried to
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sell the stolen personal details of 560
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million Ticket Master customers on the
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dark web now the stolen information
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includes names addresses phone numbers
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and some credit card details of millions
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of Ticket Master customers the hacking
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group was reportedly trying to sell that
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$500,000 news of the massive data breach
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comes as the justice department filed a
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lawsuit Just A Week Ago against Live
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Nation calling on a federal court to
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disband the company the government
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accuses Live Nation of running an
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illegal Monopoly that it says limits
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competition and drives up ticket prices
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for fans Live Nation calls the
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government's accusations baseless now as
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for that data breach it doesn't appear
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that passwords were compromised but if
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you have a ticket master account experts
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recommend changing your password as a
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precaution using two-factor
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authentication and never share your
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personal or financial information with
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online solicitors goo it is so important
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to turn on that two- Factor
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authentication thank you Alexis