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\n\tMSG Entertainment has been the victim of a data breach exposing the personal information of venue visitors, according to several new lawsuits against the company.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe breach, first reported by technology publication 404 Media<\/a><\/em>, was announced by hacker group ShinyHunters on Tuesday (June 16). The hackers reportedly went public with 42 gigabytes of stolen data after MSG Entertainment \u2014 which runs Madison Square Garden, the Chicago Theatre, Radio City Music Hall and The Beacon Theatre \u2014 refused to pay a ransom.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThree consumer class action lawsuits quickly followed on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 17), accusing the company of negligence for failing to stop the attack. The lawsuits claim that the 26 million records exposed by ShinyHunters are made up of personal information and \u201cthreat assessment profiles\u201d for MSG Entertainment venue visitors, including celebrity attendees. These files allegedly identify avid New York Knicks fan Ben Stiller as \u201clow risk\u201d while flagging rapper A Boogie Wit da Hoodie as \u201chigh risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe fans in these lawsuits claim MSG Entertainment left itself open to this hack by failing to operate adequate cybersecurity defenses, even though the company maintains significant customer databases that make it a prime victim for malicious actors. The legal complaints note, for example, that MSG famously has a controversial policy of collecting facial recognition information from venue visitors.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is an action against defendant MSG for their recidivist disregard for consumer privacy and MSG\u2019s complete and utter failure to properly secure and safeguard personally identifiable information,\u201d reads one lawsuit filed on behalf of New York resident Carlos Avalos, who attended a concert at one of the company\u2019s venues in 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tMSG Entertainment had not made any public disclosures about the data breach as of Thursday morning (June 18). Reps for the company did not immediately return requests for comment. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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