Lawsuit Blames Ticketmaster for Hacking Incident Involving 560 Million Users

Stolen data include names, addresses, email IDs, phone numbers, partial payment card information, and card expiration dates.

Ticketmaster tickets and gift cards are shown at a box office in San Jose, Calif., on May 11, 2009. Paul Sakuma/AP Photo

Leading ticket sales company Ticketmaster has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over the failure to prevent a recent hacking incident that allegedly led to the theft of 560 million users’ private data.

The lawsuit, filed on May 29, was brought against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment.