An attorney representing the Tarrant Appraisal District in Tarrant County, Texas says the agency received a ransom demand for $700,000 from a group of hackers…
An attorney representing the Tarrant Appraisal District says the agency received a ransom demand for $700,000 from a group of hackers taking responsibility for last week's attack on their computer network.
The ransom demand was revealed during an emergency board meeting on Monday afternoon about the"criminal ransomware attack" that took down the agency's network last week.The TAD said in a statement Friday that after learning of the network disruption they took steps to secure their network and worked with cybersecurity experts to determine the cause of a network disruption and how to restore services. That investigation, the agency said Friday, revealed the ransomware attack.
"Our investigation has confirmed that the Tarrant Appraisal District has been the victim of a criminal ransomware attack," the agency said in a statement Friday afternoon."We have reported this incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Department of Information Resources and will cooperate with any resulting investigation.
The Tarrant Appraisal District assigns property values for ad valorem taxation purposes for jurisdictions throughout Tarrant County and its website is routinely used by property owners and real estate agents.Trader Joe's has raised the price of one of its most popular products for the first time in over 20 years
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