Massive ticket fraud scheme targeting Groupon and Ticketmaster uncovered with discovery of unsecured database

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Unsecured database containing 17 million email addresses was found to be part of fraud targeting Groupon, Ticketmaster and other online ticket vendors

Researchers at cyber security firm vpnMentor have discovered a massive online ticket fraud targeting Groupon, Ticketmaster and several other ticket vendors for at least three years. The fraud wa...

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