{"id":59385,"date":"2025-09-22T00:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ransomware-attack-linked-to-museum-break-in-and-theft-of-golden-exhibits\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T00:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:48:54","slug":"ransomware-attack-linked-to-museum-break-in-and-theft-of-golden-exhibits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ransomware-attack-linked-to-museum-break-in-and-theft-of-golden-exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infosec in brief<\/span> Online criminals prefer to deal in digital assets, but a side effect of a ransomware attack has seen a French museum robbed of $705,000 in physical gold nuggets.<\/p>\n

Dozens of French museums fell victim to a ransomware attack<\/a> in August 2024, and the nation\u2019s Natural History Museum copped another attack in July 2025.<\/p>\n

The Museum\u2019s systems were so damaged that it reportedly<\/a> cancelled an exhibition.<\/p>\n