Spotlight Feds urged to crack down on bots after Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift meltdown By Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times Nov 30, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 0 × On Nov. 15, Ticketmaster's presale for Taylor Swift's Eras tour experienced numerous outages, leaving many Swifties without tickets. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After Ticketmaster fumbled its sales of Taylor Swift's Eras stadium tour tickets, the company blamed "bot attacks" and fans for the meltdown.kAm}@H >6>36CD @7 r@?8C6DD 2C6 2D<:?8 E96 u656C2= %C256 r@>>:DD:@? H96E96C :E A=2?D E@ 6?7@C46 2 a_`e =2H 56D:8?65 E@ 7:89E DF49 Q2EE24<D]Qk^AmkAm$6?D] |2CD92 q=24<3FC?[ #\%6??][ 2?5 #:492C5 q=F>6?E92=[ s\r@??][ E96 C2?<:?8 >6>36C 2?5 492:C[ C6DA64E:G6=J[ @7 E96 $F34@>>:EE66 @? r@?DF>6C !C@E64E:@?[ !C@5F4E $276EJ 2?5 s2E2 $64FC:EJ[ HC@E6 2 =6EE6C |@?52J E@ E96 u%r 2D<:?8 H96E96C E96 4@>>:DD:@? 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