Computer hack involves millions of Ticketmaster customers [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Ticketmaster says unauthorized activity happened between April 2 and May 23 of this year.

“We discovered unauthorized activity on an isolated cloud database hosted by a third-party data services provider,” says Ticketmaster.

The company says the database contained personal information from some customers who bought tickets to events in the United States, Canada and/or Mexico. It says information that may have been obtained includes names of customers, contact information and payment card information such as encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates and possibly birth dates.

“If they do get a hold of your credit card information, they can make fraudulent transactions using your credit card,” said Chief Technical Officer for Tego Cyber in Las Vegas, Shannon Wilkinson.

Wilkinson encourages people to have credit monitoring and says people can lock their credit to prevent problems if they’re not activity applying for loans or credit …