The Tarrant Appraisal District says legally protected information personal information of less than 300 people have been impacted, but experts believe that number is likely higher.
Officials gave an update on the ransomware attack at the Tarrant Appraisal District as the office handles walk-ins during the busy protest season."They originally had demanded $700,000 dollars," said Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt.Bobbitt confirmed the discovery that some homeowners' personal information was released on the dark web."We know it was posted, but we haven't been able to get access to it.
"It would be, I guess, a little surprising that the adversaries would download only 300 records," said Mitch Thornton from SMU's Darwin Deason Institute for Cybersecurity. He says it is likely the cyber criminals have more information than TAD suspects.He also says strengthening security, as TAD says it is doing, is imperative."Certainly TAD should increase security, and there are some things the victims who had their data exposed can do," Thornton said.
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