United States
USA
Ransomware attack on Rapattoni disables MLS listing services for real estate agents
An August 9 cyberattack against California-based MLS software provider Rapattoni disabled listing platforms used by real estate associations in several US markets. Agents could not access, add, edit or update property listings and affected associations were unable to process some membership transactions; recovery was staged during August. Incident-specific reporting described a ransomware attack.
81
Estimated severity
81 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-08-09
Targeted Company
RAPATTONI
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
FIRELANDS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (Software vendor)SAN FRANCISCO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (Software vendor)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
California · United StatesOhio · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Downstream customer disruptionService unavailability
Affected sectors
Real Estate & Commercial FacilitiesTechnology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
faor.comhttps://www.faor.com/all-news-member-center-menu/476-rapattoni-down.htmlinman.comhttps://www.inman.com/2023/08/11/rapattoni-hit-with-ransomware-attack-paralyzing-mlss-and-agents/housingwire.comhttps://www.housingwire.com/articles/rapattonis-mls-services-are-being-restored-following-cyber-attack/arstechnica.comhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/5-days-on-cyberattack-on-data-provider-stymies-realty-markets-throughout-the-us/go.crmls.orghttps://go.crmls.org/rapattoni-users/