Central Tickets Data Breach

What happened?

In September 2024, data from the ticketing service Central Tickets was publicly posted to a hacking forum . The data suggests the breach occurred several months earlier and exposed 723k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, IP addresses, purchases and passwords stored as unsalted SHA-1 hashes.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 1, 2024. The record was added to the catalogue on September 30, 2024 and last updated there on September 30, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Device information
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Purchases

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Central Tickets or used centraltickets.co.uk around July 1, 2024. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.