Live Nation investigating data breach of its US Ticketmaster unit

Cybercrime group ShinyHunters said it had stolen data of 500m customers of concert promoter’s ticketing arm

Live Nation Entertainment said it is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it discovered on 20 May, the latest in a string of high-profile corporate hacks in the past year.

In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Live Nation said it had found “unauthorised activity” in a third-party cloud database that mainly contained Ticketmaster data, and was working with forensic investigators.