• 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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    “The cost for the ransom is $500,000. Your total ransom amount will be calculated on the next page. Would you like to upgrade to a special souvenir, limited-edition ransom for an extra $40 million?” the note read.

    The group also offered Ticketmaster the opportunity to upgrade their ransom to ‘Refundable’ for just an extra $12 million, which would allow the company to request a refund and then have it later denied.

    Bwahahahaha. Get fucked Ticketmaster.

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    I’m 100% not okay with stealing and ransoming people’s personal information, but this makes me want to be 99% not okay with it.

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      I am 100% ok with ransoming companies with poor security.

      We balance each other out. I’ll never feel sorry for a corporation and ticket master are one of the worst.

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            6 months ago

            your comment implies we already aren’t doing that.

            do not project your apathy toward your own privacy onto the rest of us.

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        6 months ago

        Fuck hospitals and end users then? The party losing the most here is certainly not ticketmaster

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    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.

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    As much as I dislike Ticketmaster and their practices, these data breaches affect real people for the rest of their lives.

    Not a good situation and Ticketmaster needs to be held 100% accountable.

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      Best you can realistically hope for is a check for $7.31 and free credit reports for a year till it happens again.

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        6 months ago

        Or the ranmsomers get enough money to make it no longer a viable business model…

        Want to screw customers with hidden fees? Hackers will screw Ticketmaster with hidden ransoms