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Ticketbeat Exposes 10,000 Members' Personal Info Due to Hack

| 2026-10-26 02:33 HIGH LOW DATA BREACH
Executive Summary
AI-generated
Ticketbeat, a ticket trading platform, has been hacked resulting in the exposure of personal information of approximately 10,0006 thousand members. The breach occurred on October 21st when an external attacker accessed the platform's API irregularly. If the hacker exploits this information, users may be targeted by customized phishing attacks where they are tricked into claiming to have purchased or sold a concert, leading to refund, additional payment and settlement delays. The leaked user information includes names, IDs, registration dates and transaction records, raising concerns about phishing and secondary damages. Ticketbeat has taken technical measures to block abnormal access routes, conduct a thorough system check and strengthen authentication and access permission verification, as well as add security equipment, in response to the incident.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Patch Ticket Beach's API to fix the irregular access route vulnerability. • Block abnormal API calls and strengthen authentication and access permission verification. • Add security equipment to prevent further unauthorized access.
Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Target & Sectors
Global Scope
Incident Timeline
‎October 21st
An external attacker accessed Ticketbeat's API irregularly on October 21st, resulting in the exposure of personal information of approximately 10,000 members.
‎2026/10/26
Ticketbeat, a ticket trading platform, has suffered a data breach after a hacker accessed its API.
organisation API
data_breach 10,0006 members
victims 10,0006 user information
organisation Korea Internet & Security Agency
organisation the Personal Information Protection Commission
Tactical Metrics
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data_breach
100,006,000
Members
Metrics
victims
100,006,000
User Information