Customers who bought apparently discounted tickets for this year's Splendour In The Grass festival in Australia have found themselves charged over AUS$1,000 in credit card fees, after it appears that ticketing website Moshtix was hacked. some fees reached AUS$4,000. The festival tweeted a warning when the problem was noticed, saying: "High credit card fees happening on invalid 50% off tickets - DO NOT PURCHASE THESE 50% OFF TICKETS!" but with the festival later saying that they could "100% confirm that nobody's personal information has been compromised". The Splendour In The Grass festival takes place from 25-27 July.
Thursday 8 May 2014
Splendour hack leads to massive fee charges
Customers who bought apparently discounted tickets for this year's Splendour In The Grass festival in Australia have found themselves charged over AUS$1,000 in credit card fees, after it appears that ticketing website Moshtix was hacked. some fees reached AUS$4,000. The festival tweeted a warning when the problem was noticed, saying: "High credit card fees happening on invalid 50% off tickets - DO NOT PURCHASE THESE 50% OFF TICKETS!" but with the festival later saying that they could "100% confirm that nobody's personal information has been compromised". The Splendour In The Grass festival takes place from 25-27 July.
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