Hacker News with Generative AI: Ticketmaster

Hackers are stealing tickets from Ticketmaster customers' accounts (businessinsider.com)
Hackers are breaking into some Ticketmaster users' accounts and transferring tickets to themselves.

Cybersecurity, Ticketmaster, Data Breaches, Hacking

9 points by LinuxBender 12 days ago | 0 comments

Mistakes from building a model to scalp concert tickets (datastream.substack.com)
In November 2022, Taylor Swift fans crashed Ticketmaster. Not just the website - they crashed the entire company's facade of competence. Over 14 million people tried to buy tickets meant for 1.5 million fans. The servers melted down, the presale collapsed, and Ticketmaster had to cancel the general public sale entirely. Swift herself said watching her fans struggle to get tickets was "excruciating."

Concert Tickets, Scalping, Data Science, Ticketmaster, Software

52 points by racketracer 22 days ago | 66 comments

50k Oasis tickets to be cancelled for violating purchase terms (theguardian.com)
Ticketmaster will cancel about 50,000 tickets for the UK and Ireland dates of Oasis’s reunion tour for violating the company’s terms and conditions in the coming weeks, the BBC reports.

Music, Events, Ticketmaster, Lawsuits, Entertainment

3 points by tosh 23 days ago | 0 comments

What Ticketmaster doesn't want you to know: tickets were cheaper for decades (youtube.com)

Ticketmaster, Pricing, History, Consumer Advocacy, Entertainment

71 points by jimnotgym 40 days ago | 42 comments

California lawmakers got ticket freebies as they cracked down on Ticketmaster (politico.com)

Politics, Ticketmaster, California, Legislation

78 points by JumpCrisscross 108 days ago | 80 comments

Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes (conduition.io)

Reverse engineering, Security, Ticketmaster

2305 points by miki123211 136 days ago | 714 comments

Ticketmaster has begun warning customers about data breach (stackdiary.com)