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   Cybercriminals used vendor backdoor to steal almost $600,000 of Taylor Swift   
   tickets   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:07:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Two StubHub employees who stole over 900 concert tickets have been charged.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   A pair of cybercriminals have been arrested and charged after allegedly   
   stealing over 900 concert tickets, raking in over $635,000 in profit. This   
   works out to an eyewatering $700 average profit per ticket, so it might not   
   surprise you to hear that the criminals mostly stole from Taylor Swifts Eras   
   Tour, as well as other high profile events like NBA games and the US Open.    
      
   The two criminals were employees of ticket site StubHub, and are accused of   
   using their access to company systems to find a backdoor into a secure area    
   of the network where tickets that had already been sold were assigned a URL   
   and queued to be sent to the customer. The criminal, Tyrone Rose, then   
   redirected the URLs to his co-conspirator, Shamara Simmons.    
      
   The criminals have been charged with grand larceny in the second degree,   
   computer tampering in the first degree, conspiracy in the fourth degree, and   
   computer tampering in the fourth degree - and face up to 15 years in prison    
   if convicted.   
      
   High value targets    
      
    Scams targeting popular events like sports competitions, shows, and    
   concerts, especially the hugely popular Taylor Swift Eras tour - are common    
   as criminals look to take advantage of the urgency of quick-selling tickets.   
   In this case, the tickets were purchased through a perfectly legitimate site,   
   but customers were still defrauded, which makes this case particularly   
   worrying.    
      
   According to the charges, these defendants tried to use the popularity of   
   Taylor Swifts concert tour and other high-profile events to profit at the   
   [expense] of others, said District Attorney Melinda Katz.    
      
   They allegedly exploited a loophole through an offshore ticket vendor to    
   steal tickets to the biggest concert tour of the last decade and then resold   
   those seats for an extraordinary profit of more than $600,000.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cybercriminals-used-vendor-backdoor-to-   
   steal-almost-usd600-000-of-taylor-swift-tickets   
      
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