Editing Ticketmaster (section)

===Competitor computer hacking===
In December 2020, Ticketmaster "entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors" and agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems of a competitor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ticketmaster to pay $10 million in fines after admitting to illegally accessing competitor's computers |first=Sonia |last=Moghe |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/business/ticketmaster-plea-passwords-computers/index.html |date=30 December 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127063027/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/business/ticketmaster-plea-passwords-computers/index.html |archive-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> According to [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Assistant Director-in-Charge Williams Sweeney, "Ticketmaster used stolen information to gain an advantage over its competition, and then promoted the employees who broke the law."<ref>{{cite web |last=Goodin |first=Dan |date=2021-01-04 |title=Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/ticketmaster-pays-10-million-criminal-fine-for-hacking-a-rival-company/ |access-date=2021-01-06 |website=arstechnica.com |publisher=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416123009/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/ticketmaster-pays-10-million-criminal-fine-for-hacking-a-rival-company/ |archive-date=2021-04-16}}</ref> The allegations were first reported in 2017 when a former CrowdSurge top executive hired by Ticketmaster hacked into his former employer's database.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ticketmaster Accused of Hacking Rival Firm's Database |url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/songkick-live-nation-ticketmaster-hacking-1201989759/ |date=27 February 2017 |first=Gene |last=Maddaus |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513164752/https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/songkick-live-nation-ticketmaster-hacking-1201989759/ |archive-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>