The prestigious auction house Sotheby’s has disclosed a data breach, informing affected individuals that hackers successfully stole highly sensitive personal and financial information from its systems.
Details of the Compromise
Sotheby’s, based in New York City, discovered the intrusion on July 24. A subsequent investigation confirmed that the attacker accessed and took files containing highly sensitive data, including names, Social Security numbers (SSNs), and financial account information.
The company has begun sending notices to impacted individuals and is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring services. While the total number of victims is required by some regulatory bodies, Sotheby’s has not publicly disclosed the full count. Filings with state Attorneys General indicate that the overall number of impacted individuals is likely small, with only two residents in Maine and ten in Massachusetts confirmed to be affected so far.
At this time, it remains unclear whether the compromised individuals were employees or customers. It is also uncertain if the incident was a ransomware attack, as no known ransomware group has publicly claimed responsibility for the intrusion.
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