A hacker accessed parts of AFC Ajax’s IT systems and viewed email addresses for a few hundred fans. Journalists tipped off by the attacker demonstrated tickets could be transferred or disabled and stadium-ban records modified. They said the flaws exposed or affected up to 42,000 season tickets and data tied to over 300,000 accounts; fewer than 20 banned individuals had names, emails and birth dates viewed.
Ajax football club hack exposed fan data, enabled ticket hijack
Dutch professional football club Ajax Amsterdam (AFC Ajax) disclosed that a hacker exploited vulnerabilities in its IT systems and accessed data belonging to a few hundred people.