Some Major League Baseball fans have arrived at ballparks this month to discover their digital tickets missing and already resold on platforms such as SeatGeek and StubHub, according to The New York Times .
In a statement to The Athletic , MLB said scammers gained access to fans’ tickets through the Ballpark app, which is used by all 30 teams, including the Seattle Mariners.
The league stressed that the system itself was not breached, but “bad actors” obtained or guessed fans’ login information from other compromised websites.
“The Ballpark app is operating properly and continues to process tickets for millions of fans who attend MLB games. There is no evidence that this was a breach of the MLB system,” the league said. “Bad actors then have utilized leaked or stolen credential