Hacking
Hacked for the holidays: how a late-December cyberattack has affected US museums’ digital collections and archives
The Gallery Systems software used by many cultural institutions has been breached, limiting online access for both museum employees and the general public
Museumsnews
Hackers attack Nazi-linked collection exhibition at Kunsthaus Zurich
Visitors who accessed text via QR codes saw collector Emil Georg Bührle described as “a Nazi sympathiser, authoritarian militarist, at the very least a war profiteer and probably a war criminal”
Instagram hacking: why is the art world a target—and how do you get your account back?
As attacks on accounts surge, be careful what you click on
Donorsnews
Smithsonian confirms that its donor data was potentially breached in ransomware attack
Hacking of Blackbaud software systems exposed hundreds of clients, including other US and UK nonprofits
Museumsnews
Activist artists hack poll in New Museum’s Hans Haacke retrospective
Survey results are changed out of concern that Haacke’s work is being “co-opted”