Hackers steal 100,000 artwork images from National Palace Museum in Taipei

Around 100,000 high-resolution images of artworks have been illicitly taken from the National Palace Museum in Taipei. According to CNN, these scans, which encompass paintings and calligraphy from the museum’s collection, are now being sold for less than $1 on Chinese online marketplaces. The museum is concerned that these files could saturate the market with unauthorized prints. In its own shop, the institution offers various prints, including a mountain scene by Ming artist Tang Yin priced at NT $60,480 (£1,622), and a reproduction of Early Spring, a 1072 piece by Song Dynasty painter Guo Xi, available for NT $11,340 (£330). The museum's legal team has requested that Taobao, Alibaba's shopping platform, take down the listings.