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Yep! I am aware of this.

All my previous comments on this specific story have been that this isn’t verified.

Lots of major news sites pulled the trigger on the headline for nothing more than clicks.

Some journalists say that Australian Home Affairs confirmed the breach… lol! They acknowledged the rumour, but that got spun as “verification”.

Then again, maybe it’s lack of decent cybersecurity writers.

I personally can’t stand this weaksauce writing with no fact checking and the nonchalant way of throwing companies under the bus.

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Ticketmaster has engaged the ACSC[1]. I doubt its a rumour.

[1] https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aucyberseccoord_today-i-was-a...

This story was initially circulated two days ago with a blanket statement of “AUS Home Affairs confirms the breach” - which at the time was false because they only acknowledged the rumour.

Whether or not it’s a rumour based on speculation has nothing to do with it. It either is or it isn’t.

There is no confirmation that it isn’t.

Just to provide receipts:

Home Affairs Department confirms cyber incident impacting Ticketmaster customers (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/ticketmaster-hack-all...) - May 29th

> The Department of Home Affairs said it is aware of a cyber incident impacting Ticketmaster customers in response to claims it is part of a data leak expected to impact millions of customers globally.

How exactly "being aware" counts as "confirmation" in this case?

Any other article (outside of those who used ABC Aus as a source) on this matter have specifically used words like "allegedly", "purported", etc.

That's the only argument I am making.

If you mean this article https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/ticketmaster-hack-all...

It clearly says:

A spokesperson from the Department of Home Affairs told the ABC it is "Working with Ticketmaster to understand the incident".

Which is more than they are aware of a rumour

Ticketek != Ticketmaster.

Tickettek is Australia's largest ticketing company and a competitor to Ticketmaster

Weird, that Ticketek is also sending out emails that they have been compromised at the same time as Ticket Master

> Lots of major news sites pulled the trigger on the headline for nothing more than clicks.

Are you saying data was stolen? Because the headline here is "allegedly." So, unless you know absolutely one way or the other, allegedly is accurate.

Mashable -> Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.

Irish Independent -> Hackers access half a billion customers’ data in Ticketmaster cyber attack

Gizmodo -> Ticketmaster Hack Reveals Sensitive Data for 560 Million People

Daily Mail -> Details of 560 million Ticketmaster customers are stolen in data leak

And so on...

(all these stories/headlines were published on May 29th, on the day when the rumor began to spread)

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