Ticketfly Temporarily Shuts Down to Investigate Hack

By Catalin Cimpanu

Last week, Ticketfly.com was hacked, defaced, and compromised the personal information of 26 million users.  The hacker responsible for the attack pointed to the site’s inadequate security to prevent this type of event, stating on the site “Your Security Down im Not Sorry.”

Ticketfly.com was shut down while they investigate the hack, but some security experts quickly weighed in—suggesting that the breach was most likely caused by not updating their WordPress site.

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