Dallas Central Appraisal District hacked, down for days

The Dallas Central Appraisal District’s website has been down for at least two days, after it was hacked this week.

Dallas County’s property-tax assessor’s website, dcad.org, experienced a sudden and devastating cyberattack that shut it down for the time being, D Magazine reports.

The appraisal district doesn’t know who executed the attack or whether it was foreign or domestic, Cheryl Jordan, director of DCAD community relations, told the publication.

The website contains publicly available property valuations and plat maps for all of Dallas County, in accordance with state law.

Since many rely on the website for property information, this “a huuuuge problem,” an unnamed real estate source told D.

“All kinds of things are extracted from that website,” the source said.

The website isn’t expected to be revived before the end of the week.

Law enforcement is investigating, and Jordan said the site should be back up in a few days, if all goes well.

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