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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