Comments on: MLS System Under Cyber-Attack https://appraisersblogs.com/mls-under-cyber-attack Appraisal News and Tips for Real Estate Appraisers Fri, 21 Jun 2019 20:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Dave Towne https://appraisersblogs.com/mls-under-cyber-attack/#comment-26916 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:00:30 +0000 http://appraisersblogs.com/?p=22180#comment-26916 There is a “perception” issue among many appraisers who claim a certain large data amalgamation company ‘owns’ MLS associations. Actually, MLS associations are owned by the local or regional real estate brokers who have formed companies to gather and disseminate property listing and sale info among their agent/broker members, which can include appraisers who join the association by paying dues. Building computer data bases to keep track of this info is a daunting task. Therefore, most MLS systems contract with other companies who have built the data base. Rapattoni and Terra Soft’s Matrix are two such data bases. The ‘large data amalgamation company’ did buy Matrix, which is used in many MLS associations across the US and Canada. But they don’t own the MLS associations which use it…..although I’m open to correcting this statement if you can provide specific ownership info showing the ‘data amalgamation company’ is the technical owner of the association.

]]> By: SB https://appraisersblogs.com/mls-under-cyber-attack/#comment-26912 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:10:29 +0000 http://appraisersblogs.com/?p=22180#comment-26912 And guess who owns Metrolist folks?

MetroList allegedly paid $10K ransom after being compromised by hackers, leaving more than 20K subscribers without a functioning system for nearly 2 days.

]]> By: Ross Grannan on Facebook https://appraisersblogs.com/mls-under-cyber-attack/#comment-26906 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:54:48 +0000 http://appraisersblogs.com/?p=22180#comment-26906 I wonder how Datamaster will deal with this

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