National Portrait Gallery Faced Almost 350,000 Email Attacks in Q4 2019

guest · Feb 10, 2020

National Portrait Gallery Faced Almost 350,000 Email Attacks in Q4 2019
February 10, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/national-portrait-gallery-email/

The National Portrait Gallery was targeted by 347,602 emails containing spam, phishing and malware attacks in the final quarter of 2019, according to Freedom of Information Act data obtained by think tank Parliament Street.

The National Portrait Gallery is one of London’s most prestigious art galleries, welcoming between 1.1-2 million visitors every year, many of which have private information such as payment details and email addresses stored on its servers. The research highlights the threats posed to the capital’s museums by malicious hackers who seek to steal membership data from popular tourist attractions.

Andy Heather, VP at Centrify, said: “These figures paint a worrying picture of the volume of malicious email attacks designed to trick unsuspecting staffers into handing over confidential data such as passwords and log-in credentials [...]”
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guest · Mar 23, 2020

National Gallery Fought Nearly Two Million Email Cyber-Attacks in 2019
March 23, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/national-gallery-two-million-email/

The National Gallery was subjected to nearly two million email cyber-attacks last year, official data received by Absolute Software has revealed. Obtained via a Freedom of Information request, the figures displayed the lengths cyber-criminals went to try and steal the personal and financial data of members of the major tourist attraction.

The gallery, which attracts over five million visitors every year, was hit by an astonishing total of 1,875,250 email cyber-attacks in 2019. These came in a variety of forms, including spam and virus attempts.

Andy Harcup, vice-president, Absolute Software, said: “It’s clear that cyber-criminals are mastering the art of malicious email attacks, designed to infiltrate the National Gallery and steal confidential data. With millions of visitors every year and tens of thousands of members, it’s vital that London’s leading tourist hotspots have the right systems in place to protect devices from infiltration.”
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The gallery’s blocked email addresses software was able to quarantine 1,176,656 different attack attempts, while its detection software blocked 18,378 spam emails and 443,741 attempted connection emails.
A further 179,844 emails were stopped under the category of anti-spoofing lockout and 10,959 were registered as manual envelope rejection. Finally, another 2810 emails were blocked under the category of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
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