It has simply been found that 64,000+ Tomorrowland attendees from the 2014 version of the competition have had their private knowledge compromised. Luckily the breach has not forfeited any monetary knowledge, however however the compromise presents a significant subject for Paylogic, the online-ticketing agent. A spokesperson for Tomorrowland not too long ago informed Flemish newspaper De Standaard, that the ticketer reached out to them concerning the hack on the outdated system that was used for 2014 ticketing. It is anticipated that data reminiscent of identify, age, gender, and e-mail addresses was in the end what was recovered by hackers.
Tomorrowland has assured the general public that they are going to be taking each attainable safety measure sooner or later to stop such a breach. The competition has reached out to previous clients e-mail concerning the incident, promising to be extra vigilant in years going ahead.
Bringing in over 400,000 attendees and sometimes promoting out in minutes, Tomorrowland is now in its 13th yr and reveals no indicators of stopping. This incident actually sheds a light-weight on the significance of on-line safety in a digital age.