TICKETMASTER TO PAY CRIMINAL FINE WORTH $10 MN FOR ACCESSING COMPETITOR’S ONLINE SYSTEMS

Highlights

• Ticketmaster agreed to the fine after being charged with five counts of computer intrusion and fraud by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York

• The employees of the Ticketmaster used stolen passwords in order to get through Songkick's systems to unlawfully collect business intelligence

• The Justice Department said an ex-Songkick employee also provided ....