Hackers have brought San Francisco’s real estate market to its knees with a cyberattack that disabled the city’s primary property listings database and left home buyers and sellers scrambling for workarounds.
The attack occurred nearly two weeks ago, targeting the company that runs the so-called multiple listing service, or MLS, used by realtors in San Francisco. Rapattoni, the Los Angeles–based software company that runs the MLS, has proven unable to restore the platform, leaving subscribers locked out of a crucial database.
