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Fandango Checkout Page Card Data Breach (October 2026): Unauthorized Access Possible; Card Number, CVV, Expiration Date, Billing ZIP and Email May Be Impacted. What to Do

Fandango Media, the movie ticketing company, filed a notice with the California Attorney General on November 13, 2026. The notice says the company became aware of an issue with its ticketing checkout page, investigated with outside cybersecurity specialists and resolved it. It says the investigation found evidence that an unauthorized party could access payment card information associated with certain transactions on the checkout page from October 8 to 11, 2026, and that on October 30 it determined a given person's information may have been impacted. The information that may have been impacted is the payment card number, CVV, expiration date, billing ZIP code and email address. The notice says first and last name, government-issued identification information, Social Security numbers and other account information were not involved. Fandango says it is not currently aware of any fraudulent use of the information, and offers 24 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, an identity theft insurance policy reimbursing recovery expenses (up to 1,000,000 dollars, subject to the policy terms) and managed identity theft recovery through a monitoring-service provider; the sample says to activate by February 13, 2027. The number of people affected is not stated, and we found no separate company announcement. Our view: if you bought tickets on Fandango's checkout page around those dates, check your card statements, tell your card issuer about charges you do not recognize, and ask the issuer whether to replace the card.