Customers of Sotheby’s, a well-known worldwide auction business, are being alerted about a data breach incident on its systems in which threat actors acquired private data, including financial information.
After the attack was discovered on July 24, it took two months to investigate and identify the kinds of data that were taken and the people who were affected. In addition to offering asset-backed loan services, Sotheby’s is a well-known international auction house for fine art and valuable goods.
The company’s overall sales last year were $6 billion, and it handles auction sales worth billions of dollars every year.
Full names, Social Security numbers (SSNs), and financial account information are among the data made public by the incident, according to a filing the group made to the AG office in Maine read more about Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed customer information.
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