Ticketmaster hackers release stolen ticket barcodes for Taylor Swift Eras Tour [updated]

**Ticketmaster breach and ticket barcode leak:** Cybercriminals using the aliases Sp1d3r and Sp1d3rHunters claim to have stolen and are leaking large volumes of Ticketmaster data — including 170k leaked Taylor Swift barcodes (with previous releases of ~1M customer records containing PII) — and are extorting Ticketmaster with threats to publish up to 680M user records and 30M event barcodes; the report warns of reissued tickets, ticket fraud, phishing risks, and reputational/operational impacts for affected users and the company.