Cyber-attack Cripples Christie’s Website on Eve of $840 Million in Art Auctions

Hackers took down the website but couldn’t stop the season’s most important auctions, including the sale of works by van Gogh, Picasso, and Basquiat. Facade of Christie’s auction house, with flags and doorman visible, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, September 15, 2017. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Christie’s is one of the world’s […]