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Dallas County officials announced Tuesday that a confirmed cyberattack detected on Oct. 19 was thwarted without any service outages. However, concerns remain about the protection of employees' personal information and evidence in court cases. Officials said the tax office and other county functions at the Dallas County Recorder's Office were operating as usual. Computer networks were publicly accessible online. The hacker group claims to have accessed the data in an online post, which they plan to post on Saturday. “We don't know if what they're saying is true,” said County Commissioner John Wiley Price. Price said there was no demand…

A Dallas-based real estate investor is being swallowed up by a major California-based real estate company in a $9.3 billion deal.Spirit Realty Capital Inc. owns more than 2,000 properties across the country, most of which are retail stores and warehouses acquired from long-term building occupiers. Spirit Realty he relocated to Dallas from Arizona in 2015.The largest share of the company's real estate is in Texas.Spirit Realty has agreed to be acquired by San Diego-based Realty Income Corporation in an all-stock transaction. Realty Income operates the same net-lease real estate investment business and owns more than 13,000 properties, including stores and…

Less than two weeks later, fans at Globe Life Field belted out lyrics to the Creed song “Higher” as the Jumbotron broadcast cut to show four men wearing Texas Rangers jerseys. It was. It was a band.Creed has a moment. In July, the band announced a reunion for two cruise festivals in 2024. They are currently embarking on their first North American tour in over 10 years.Creed will play at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on September 11, 2024 on the Summer '99 Tour. The show will include his 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven as special guests.Tickets will go…

Dallas County could become the latest victim in a series of local cyberattacks after a ransomware group claimed to have obtained county information on the dark web over the weekend.County officials said Monday they were made aware of a “cybersecurity incident” on Oct. 19, but did not provide further details.”We immediately took steps to contain the incident and engaged an outside cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive forensic investigation,” County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said in a statement.In a statement, the county said it has implemented strict security protocols and is working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to address…

The second group of CDRs has assembled for the first time and is ready to get to work. An innovative approach to meeting the continuing need for affordable housing in Dallas is paying off. Innovan Neighborhoods launches Community Developer Roundtable in September 2022. The two-year pilot aims to create more affordable housing options through both ownership and rental, as well as address gaps in the community development ecosystem with long-term developers. led structure. During the nine-month program, the initial CDR cohort of 15 people added 112 residential units and six commercial projects to the pipeline. They also went on a…

A Dallas-based real estate investor is being swallowed up by a major California-based real estate company in a $9.3 billion deal.Spirit Realty Capital Inc. owns more than 2,000 properties across the country, most of which are retail stores and warehouses acquired from long-term building occupiers. Spirit Realty he relocated to Dallas from Arizona in 2015.The largest share of the company's real estate is in Texas.Spirit Realty has agreed to be acquired by San Diego-based Realty Income Corporation in an all-stock transaction. Realty Income operates the same net-lease real estate investment business and owns more than 13,000 properties, including stores and…

OpTic Gaming CEO Hector Rodriguez has joined the Dallas Sidekicks leadership group. [Photo: Dallas Sidekicks] Aiming “to fuse the thrill of indoor soccer with the dynamic world of gaming and esports,” the Dallas Sidekicks announced Monday that Hector Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Frisco-based OpTic Gaming, has joined the team’s ownership group. Known online and in the video gaming world as “H3CZ,” Rodriguez could be a secret weapon for the team’s mission of broadening its appeal and building a “passionate, engaged” fan base. “Hector Rodriguez joining us is a game-changer,” Sidekicks President Jesse Llamas said in a statement. “Indoor soccer…

Dallas' hotel construction boom shows no signs of slowing down.The Dallas area has led the nation in new hotel additions for more than a year.North Texas hotel projects hit a new high of 189 in the third quarter, according to a quarterly report from research firm Lodging Econometrics. This is an increase from the 176 projects in the development pipeline at the end of 2022.There are an estimated 21,840 new hotel rooms under construction in the Dallas area, according to construction analysts.Related:Rangers World Series expected to cost up to $14 million per game, hotel sales to increase“Dallas also led the…

Stafford was under siege for much of the contest, with neither Puka Nacua, Cooper Kupp nor Tutu Atwell able to pull away from Darron Brand, Jordan Lewis and Stephon Gilmore. Brand's third pick-six of the season and the separation rate of each of McVay's wideouts was less than 2.9 yards per attempt for him. “It feels great, it feels great,” veteran safety Jaylon Kearse said of a game that was nearly over before the middle of the second quarter arrived. “I talked to [DeMarcus Lawrence] and talked to mika [Parsons] Right before the game, we said, “Let's get out here…

EDC Board Chairman John Stevens (left) and Board Member Alan Waln spoke about city-owned properties at the Government Performance and Financial Management Committee Oct. 23. The city of Dallas needs cash to cover a $3 billion deficit in its police and fire pension fund and needs advice on how to reuse old city buildings and whether to buy or sell land. Therefore, a request was made to the Economic Development Corporation. help. The issue of city-owned property came up during the budget process when Ward 1 Councilman Chad West, who chairs the Government Performance and Financial Management Committee, asked about…