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Ticketfly

Disclosed May 31, 20188 years ago26,151,608 accountsUnverified

Hacker defaces Ticketfly and leaks data of about 27 million accounts

Ticketfly confirmed a security breach compromising client and customer information and took its site offline after a hacker defaced it; data on about 27 million accounts was published, and Have I Been Pwned loaded 26 million unique emails.

What is known

People affected26,151,608 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMay 31, 2018
HappenedMay 31, 2018
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmails, Names, Phone numbers, Addresses
SectorMedia · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: Ticketflyhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator
Ticketfly Data Breach Exposes 27 Million Accountstomshardware.com · News

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
ResearchtotalMay 31, 2018
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataJun 3, 201826,151,608
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Ticketfly to https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ticketfly-data-breach-exposes-27-million,37241.html · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to media · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: ransomware to hacking · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2018-06-03 to 2018-05-31 · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: In May 2018, the website for the ticket distribution service Ticketfly was defaced by an attacker and was subsequently taken offline . The attacker allegedly requested a ransom to share details of the vulnerability with Ticketfly but did no to Ticketfly confirmed a security breach compromising client and customer information and took its site offline after a hacker defaced it; data on about 27 million accounts was published, and Have I Been Pwned loaded 26 million unique emails. · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Hacker defaces Ticketfly and leaks data of about 27 million accounts · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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