Ticketmaster hack: What to do if your details have been stolen - and how to keep your personal information safe Ticketmaster and Live Nation were hacked Customers' data has been held to ransom Users should watch their email, phone and bank accounts READ MORE: I'm a cyber security expert - these are the four words you should never click on online to avoid your bank account being drained By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia and NCA NewsWire Published: 06:00 BST, 30 May 2024 | Updated: 06:00 BST, 30 May 2024 e-mail View comments Cybersecurity experts have shared advice on what Ticketmaster customers can do following a massive data breach - and how to avoid getting hacked online. Dark web group Shiny Hunters claims to have stolen the personal information of 560million people, with Australians and New Zealanders among the victims. Ticketmaster, and its parent company Live Nation, have been ordered to pay a ransom of $750,000 on the dark web or risk the information being leaked.
Monash University professor Nigel Phair, from the Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, called out lawmakers for failing to keep up with cybersecurity laws. 'Significant data breaches are becoming all too common. The current legislative approach is clearly not working as organisations are still not putting sufficient effort into cyber risk management,' he said.
'There are over five million Australian and New Zealand Ticketmaster account holders, they will be concerned about any loss of pers.
