![]() The password and information theft allegations against the ticketing giant first surfaced in 2017. See Also: Can the Justice Department’s Antitrust Lawsuit Blunt Google’s Ad Tech Dominance? “Further, Ticketmaster’s employees brazenly held a division-wide ‘summit’ at which the stolen passwords were used to access the victim company’s computers, as if that were an appropriate business tactic.” Attorney Seth DuCharme Opens a new window in a press release by the U.S. “Ticketmaster employees repeatedly – and illegally – accessed a competitor’s computers without authorization using stolen passwords to unlawfully collect business intelligence,” stated Opens a new window Acting U.S. The charges against the American ticketing giant alleged antitrust violations Opens a new window wherein they accessed the computer systems of British startup Songkick, which had then merged Opens a new window with CrowdSurge, to steal confidential information and manipulate operations.īesides being slapped with a $10 million fine, the multi-year legal battle has also culminated in an agreement for a three-year deferment of criminal prosecution and resolution of five criminal counts – conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, computer intrusion for commercial advantage, computer intrusion in furtherance of fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and wire fraud. Ticketmaster has agreed to a $10 million settlement for criminal charges against its parent company Live Nation in 2017. ![]() ![]() ![]() Attorney’s Office for the next three years. As part of the agreement, the ticketing giant will also set up and maintain a compliance and ethics program and report annually to the U.S. Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10-million fine for hacking into British rival Songkick’s systems, stealing passwords, and unlawfully collecting business intelligence.
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