Ticket Brokers

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The Ticketmaster Hack Is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare for Fans and Brokers
Ticketmaster

The Ticketmaster Hack Is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare for Fans and Brokers

The latest dump includes ticket data, which means fans' tickets can be stolen if Ticketmaster doesn't reissue them. "This is really really really really bad," one broker told 404 Media.
Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets
Tickets

Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets

Scalpers have reverse-engineered how Ticketmaster creates tickets, and are now generating and selling them on their own parallel infrastructure.
Credit Card Point Maxers Are Secretly Buying Tickets for Olivia Rodrigo Resellers
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Credit Card Point Maxers Are Secretly Buying Tickets for Olivia Rodrigo Resellers

Ticket resellers are turning members of a credit card churning "buyers club" into their personal ticket-buying army for the Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo tours.
Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't
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Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't

Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" system doesn't help fans. It helps scalpers who have hundreds of accounts, use special internet browsers, and have dozens of credit cards.