On social media, the Dallas Central Appraisal District said on Nov. 8 it became a victim of a ransomware attack.
"I have friends that are in real estate that are like it's down, what are we going to do," Dallas County resident Justin Gardner said. "The thing that was going through my head when I saw it was is my property value going to go up, is it going to go down?" he said.
Hathaway said usually what criminals are looking for in these situations is money. They're targeting organizations and companies they believe are less secure. In terms of collecting personal info,"They may be tying their name, address, phone number possibly, but it's unlikely something further than that was compromised and if it is anything more than that, it's required by law that CAD would notify the individuals," Hathaway continued.
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