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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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[–] spriteblood@kbin.social 40 points 5 months ago (8 children)

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.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 5 months ago (6 children)

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.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

You know this affected a bunch of individual humans, many of whom skipped meals and other things, to buy an overpriced ticket for a moment of brightness in a life of drudgery?

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