By Zeba Siddiqui
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Stay Nation Leisure (NYSE:) mentioned on Friday it was investigating an information breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it found on Could 20, the most recent in a string of high-profile company hacks prior to now yr.
In a submitting with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee, Stay Nation mentioned it discovered “unauthorized exercise” in a third-party cloud database that primarily contained Ticketmaster knowledge, and was working with forensic investigators.
Final week a little-known cybercrime group named ShinyHunters mentioned it had stolen person knowledge of over 500 million Ticketmaster clients, in accordance with varied media reviews.
Stay Nation didn’t point out ShinyHunters in its SEC submitting.
The corporate didn’t reply instantly to a Reuters request for remark.
The breach comes because the live performance promoter has been battling regulatory scrutiny over antitrust considerations. Stay Nation was hit final week with the primary in a probable a wave of client antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. authorities and states sued to interrupt up the agency, arguing that together with its Ticketmaster unit, the corporate was illegally inflating live performance ticket costs.
Stay Nation in its submitting mentioned that on Could 27, “a legal menace actor provided what it alleged to be firm person knowledge on the market through the darkish internet.”
“We’re working to mitigate danger to our customers and the Firm, and have notified and are cooperating with legislation enforcement,” the corporate mentioned. “As acceptable, we’re additionally notifying regulatory authorities and customers with respect to unauthorized entry to private info.”
The breach hasn’t had and is unlikely to have a fabric affect on Stay Nation’s enterprise or financials, the corporate mentioned.
“We proceed to guage the dangers and our remediation efforts are ongoing,” Stay Nation mentioned.