The attack, which led to the auction house taking down its site on May 9, came days before Christie’s began its all-important 20th and 21st century May auctions in New York. This briefly threw the success of the auctions in doubt. — Unsplash
After a cyberattack on Christie’s auction house earlier this month, a hacker group called RansomHub claimed responsibility.
In a post on the dark web Monday, RansomHub said that it had gained access to the personal information of the firm’s wealthy clients and published what it claimed was a “sample” with a few names, nationalities and birth dates. The group posted the information along with a countdown clock, suggesting they would publish the entire trove in early June.
