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# Ticketmaster breach, claimed on hacker forums — confirmed in an SEC filing

@vxunderground posted on May 30, 2024 about the alleged breach. Live Nation confirmed it in a filing on May 31.

Published 09 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Leaked on 30 May 2024, 06:16 UTC

Leaked on 30 May 2024

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On May 30, 2024, @vxunderground posted that it had spoken with people involved in the alleged Ticketmaster breach and said attackers reached Ticketmaster cloud instances by pivoting from a managed service provider.

BleepingComputer reported that day that ShinyHunters was selling what it claimed was data on 560 million Ticketmaster customers for $500,000. On May 31, Live Nation said in an SEC filing that it identified unauthorized activity in a third-party cloud database on May 20, 2024.

Confirmed that a breach occurred. The access path in the post comes from unnamed people and is not confirmed by the filing as quoted.

[Confirmed]

## What happened later

Confirmed: Live Nation disclosed the breach on May 31, 2024.

## Sources & captured post

> **vx-underground** @vxunderground
>
> Today we spoke with multiple individuals privy to and involved in the alleged TicketMaster breach.
> Sometime in April an unidentified Threat Group was able to get access to TicketMaster AWS instances by pivoting from a Managed Service Provider. The TicketMaster breach was not
>
> 910 likes · 170 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
>
> [View the post on X](https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1796063116574314642) · not in our leaker index

### Original source & corroborating coverage

* [Original X post by @vxunderground](https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1796063116574314642)
* [BleepingComputer — Data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers for sale after alleged breach](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-of-560-million-ticketmaster-customers-for-sale-after-alleged-breach/)
* [BleepingComputer — Ticketmaster confirms massive breach after stolen data for sale online](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ticketmaster-confirms-massive-breach-after-stolen-data-for-sale-online/)

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