In 2017, hackers went after Expo Chicago, the oldest contemporary art fair in America. The hackers were dictating all the correspondence.īut hacking a single gallery is one thing hacking an art fair could present a potential clearinghouse. I sent you old bank details please use this invoice instead,’” Bartlett told The Art Newspaper at the time.īartlett kept on emailing with her client asking for money, but at a certain point realized that the tone had shifted-the hackers were impersonating her client to Bartlett, and impersonating Bartlett to her client, hoping to seize control of the entire transaction. “Somebody sent out another email saying: ‘Ignore my previous invoice. The London gallery owner Laura Bartlett said that after she sent a client an invoice for a bundle of works bought from the gallery, the hackers swooped in to intercept the payment. were hit by a cyberattack where hackers pulled a “man in the middle” gambit, hooking marks by mimicking the invoices sent by the dealer-as was routine, six- or seven-figure deals were being finalized over email, on accounts that could be accessed through a password-phishing scam. Or instead of selling the data, they can use it to go after the collectors themselves. If not leaked to the general public, the trove could be sold to the highest bidder-individuals who need all the personal information about the most powerful people on earth, perhaps for nefarious purposes. While Art Basel’s parent company says they are working with the authorities in Switzerland to catch the cyber perps, previous data hacks have seen the spoils sold or released despite investigations.

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