Central Tickets data breach: 722K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-09-30
In September 2024, data from the ticketing service Central Tickets was publicly posted to a hacking forum. The data suggests the breach occurred several months earlier and exposed 723k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, IP addresses, purchases and passwords stored as unsalted SHA-1 hashes. Exposed data: device information, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, purchases. The breach dates from Jul 1, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 30, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Central Tickets account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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