DENVER—Five months after the Colorado Rockies said a “malicious” attack paralyzed the club’s online ticket sales for the World Series, charges have yet to be filed.
“It’s an ongoing investigation,” said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles. “There have been no arrests. There have been no charges filed at this time. It’s pending.”
The California ticketing company Paciolan Inc. handled the sale, which had to be suspended when computer servers were overwhelmed.
Paciolan’s CEO Dave Butler said his company, recently acquired by Ticketmaster, has spent roughly $500,000 since October beefing up security measures. Butler said “denial-of-service” assaults overwhelmed company servers and left fans without tickets.
Butler told the Rocky Mountain News the fiasco “was not the Rockies’ fault” and that the FBI would not still be probing the issue if it did not believe there was a crime.
Fans are still buying Rockies tickets though. Keli McGregor, Rockies president, said season-ticket sales are up 25 percent from last year.
