Rockies Restore Online Ticket Sales After Net Attack

The National League champion Colorado Rockies ticket sales Web site is back up and running and briskly dealing World Series seats after an external malicious attack shut down the system."We sold more than 50,000 tickets today over 2 hours," Rockies Media Relations Manager Jay Alves told eWEEK. The Rockies are limiting sales to four per person per game and are diligently checking IDs to guard against scalpers buying more than the allowable limit, a Rockies staff member said.The system apparently has been repaired and is operating as reliably as it did Oct. 21, when season-ticket holders were able to buy World Series tickets online with no problem, said a staff member of Paciolan, the Rockies Internet service provider, which handles the teams online ticket sales. Prices for the World Series tickets range from $65 to $250."Yesterday was the first public day for ticket sales ," said the staff member, who asked not to be identified. "And thats when the attack occurred." norton 2012 kaspersky