Australia looking into alleged Ticketmaster hack

Reports suggest a group of hackers gained access to the names, addresses, phone numbers and the partial payment details of 560 million Ticketmaster customers worldwide.

The FBI has offered assistance to Australian authorities, a US embassy spokesperson told AFP.

ShinyHunters has been linked to a string of high-profile data breaches resulting in millions of dollars in losses to the companies involved.

In September last year, almost 200,000 Pizza Hut Customers in Australia had their data breached.

This latest alleged hack coincides with the relaunch of BreachForums, a site on the dark web where other hackers buy and sell stolen material, and information to enable hacks to take place.

The FBI cracked down on the domain in March 2023, arresting its administrator Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, but it has reappeared, according to tech media.

Users of the forum often inflate the scale of their hacking to attract attention from other hackers.

Individuals declaring large batches of data in the past have proven to be duplicates of previous hacks rather than newly stolen information.

But if verified, the hack could be the most significant breach ever in terms of numbers and the extent of the data stolen.