Ransomware attack on museum software service halts online collection access
In late December 2023, a provider of software services for museums suffered a cyber-attack, halting access to museums' online collections. Software used by hundreds of museums was taken offline by a ransomware attack, also affecting digital collection and archive services at US museums.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Museum online collection and digital archive services halted
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack on a museum software service provider
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that museum online collection services had been halted by a cyber-attack on a service provider.
- It emerged that software used by hundreds of museums had been taken offline by a ransomware attack.
- The impact of the late-December attack on digital collection and archive services at US museums became known.
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- Hacked for the holidays: how a late-December cyberattack has affected US museums’ digital collections and archives
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