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Hackers Stole Hundreds of Taylor Swift Tour Tickets Through StubHub Loophole and Sold Them for Thousands: Police

Hackers made over half a million dollars stealing tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in a cybercrime scheme that's led to two arrests. (Credit: Chandan Khanna/Getty Images)

Two people have been arrested in connection with a cybercrime scheme that stole nearly 1,000 event tickets—mostly for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour—through a loophole in StubHub.

Tyrone Rose, 20, of Kingston, Jamaica, and Shamara Simmons, 31, of Queens, New York, were charged with grand larceny, conspiracy, and computer tampering for their roles in the operation that brought in over $600,000, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office.

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