Christie’s Confirms Data Breach After Ransomware Group Claims Attack

[rbc]

Auction house Christie’s has confirmed suffering a data breach after a ransomware group on Monday threatened to leak information stolen from the company.

Christie’s website went offline earlier this month due to what the company described at the time as a “technology security incident”. The cyberattack was launched just as the auction house was attempting to sell high-value items worth an estimated $840 million.

While the incident prevented potential buyers from viewing the auctioned items on Christie’s site, people could still make bids and the event was considered a success.

It now appears that the incident was the result of an attack conducted as part of a relatively new ransomware operation named RansomHub.
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Christie’s Confirms Data Breach After Ransomware Group Claims Attack