Million-dollar whisky sale targeted in cyber attack, says auctioneer

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Million-dollar whisky sale targeted in cyber attack, says auctioneer
April 25, 2020
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/million-dollar-whisky-cyber-attack-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

The second phase of a million-dollar online whisky auction has been postponed after it became the target of a cyber attack, auctioneers have said.
Dubbed "the Perfect Collection," the spirits were amassed by the late Richard Gooding, a private American collector from Colorado.

Bidding was due to close at 7 pm local time on April 20, the auctioneers confirmed to CNN, but was postponed for two days, initially attributed to "abnormal excessive loads on the website, which caused some technical issues."
Now, a statement on the website of the auctioneer says the sale had in fact been targeted by criminals.

"At approx. 22.30 (BST) on 21 April, WhiskyAuctioneer.com experienced a targeted, technologically sophisticated, sustained and malicious attack on our website and databases," the auctioneer said in a statement on its website, adding that part two of the Perfect Collection auction had been postponed "indefinitely."
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Police in Scotland told CNN via email that they had received report of a cyber incident from a business in Perth, Scotland, on 21 April, and said that inquiries were "at an early stage."
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