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Breach occurred 2021-02-22Verifiedticketcounter.nl
What happened
In August 2020, the Dutch ticketing service Ticketcounter inadvertently published a database backup to a publicly accessible location where it was then found and downloaded in February 2021. The data contained 1.9M unique email addresses which were offered for sale on a hacking forum and in some cases included names, physical and IP addresses, genders, dates of birth, payment histories and bank account numbers. Ticketcounter was later held to ransom with the threat of the breached being released publicly.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Ticketcounter data breach occurred on February 22, 2021. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 1, 2021.
1,921,722 accounts were affected by the Ticketcounter data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Ticketcounter breach exposed the following data types: Bank account numbers, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Payment histories, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Ticketcounter breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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