Let us paint a picture for you.
A picture of a cybercriminal making money from legitimate works of art without ever getting near it. In fact, they never take possession of the painting to make money from it.
They take advantage of less than perfect cybersecurity at a gallery and the human factor to send a fake invoice for a real painting that is being sold.
At the end of this cyberattack cycle, the gallery pays the fake invoice and transfers money to the cyber criminal's account instead of the account for the legitimate art dealer making the sale.
The gallery then loses out on the money and the painting, unless they want to pay for the painting a second time, in this case, to the legitimate owner.
This is just one of the cyberattack scenarios playing out at art galleries now, who suddenly find themselves caught in a modern day crime wave that has led to millions in losses.
