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Ticketmaster Hacker Demands $500K Ransom (Plus $300K Ransom Processing Fee, $220K Ransom Handling Fee) (theshovel.com.au)
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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

There's maybe three companies that I have no sympathy for in a case like this. Ticketmaster is one of them.

Edit: OMG I sincerely ate the onion.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

There was a real hack. The onion is just making a joke about it.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago

Have sympathy for the people who had their data stolen