Music fans face data compromise on band’s website

Fans of electronica band Faithless have seen their personal data compromised due to a breach that occurred on the band’s official website, say reports.

What may even be more concerning for the fans is news that although the breach, which was carried out on Faithless.co.uk, was brought to fans’ attention last week, an IT security firm originally identified it in September last year.

Cyberprint, the firm responsible for uncovering the breach, said that up to 18,000 fans could have had personal data compromised, including email addressed with passwords. It said that a portion of the data was being touted on certain sections of the internet.

Cyberprint marketing vice-president Elad Ben-Meir spoke to the Independent.

“We have a system that collects cyber threat intelligence in real time, and as part of our work we uncovered a Faithless database being sold on the dark web, and we flagged it up with them.”

He added that he believes the issue has now been resolved, but that those running the website did not make fans aware that their personal data had been breached.

This is not the only recent example of music fans being targeted by hackers. In December of last year, Adele fans who had been queueing on the web for concert tickets were shown shopping carts and personal details from other people attempting to buy tickets, because the website’s security had been compromised.

Having an external company identify a breach is not always the best scenario for business and other commercial websites, and this story only serves to illustrate the importance of IT security recruitment in the modern climate.