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'Cyberattack' shutters Christie's website days before $840M art mega-auction

ID: df0ac7ac-a722-5d21-b5b1-25cb88e4123d

STIX ID: report--df0ac7ac-a722-5d21-b5b1-25cb88e4123d

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2024-05-13

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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Christie's temporarily took its main website offline after a "technology security issue"—reported as a cyberattack—disrupted services days before a major auction; the company says no customer data is believed stolen. The report also recalls a prior incident where Christie's website leaked GPS metadata from uploaded images, and it references other recent breaches and site defacements affecting organizations worldwide.

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