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Two People Arrested on Cybercrime Charges After Stealing StubHub Tickets to Eras Tour
Two people have been charged with infiltrating StubHub’s backend and stealing over $635,000 worth of tickets, including to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
“According to the charges, these defendants tried to use the popularity of Taylor Swift’s concert tour and other high-profile events to profit at the expense of others,” Katz said in a statement. In addition to the Eras Tour, other high-profile events involved in the scheme included tickets to Adele’s Las Vegas residency, Ed Sheeran concerts, NBA games, and the U.S. Open. StubHub’s chief legal officer, Mark Streams, told the New York Times, “The individuals involved, employees of S.G.S., exploited a system vulnerability to fraudulently resell tickets.
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