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Former Ticketmaster boss sentenced for hacking rival company CrowdSurge

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Stephen Mead stole sensitive data from CrowdSurge a rival ticketing company.

He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer intrusions in June .

He has now been ordered to pay $ 67,970 as a forfeiture ( about 52,000 ) and sentenced to a year ’s supervised release.

Another former Ticketmaster executive, Zeeshan Zaidi , also pleaded guilty.

Ticketmaster and SongKick settled their legal dispute in 2018 , resulting in Ticketmaster paying $ 110 m to SongKick .

Ticketmaster pleaded guilty to five charges of fraud in 2020 and was fined $ 10 m.

CrowdSurge 's parent company, Complete Entertainment Resources , filed a civil lawsuit against Ticketmaster .

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