Ticketmaster To Pay $10 Million Fine For Hacking A Rival Company

Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems of a competitor repeatedly between 2013 and 2015 in an attempt to "cut the company off at the knees." A subsidiary of Live Nation, the California-based ticket sales and distribution...

Confidential Twitter Data Exposed in Attack

From Bits Claire Cain Miller and Brad Stone Twitter, which is generally quite private about its business plans, has fallen prey to an attack by a hacker who has apparently exposed confidential corporate information. The hacker claims to have private documents including confidential contracts with...