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First American Mortgage Faces NY Regulator Inquiry, Lawsuit

Data Breach Today

the title insurance company that left hundreds of millions of personal documents exposed on the internet, is now facing a lawsuit and an inquiry by New York's financial regulator. The company is also offering free credit monitoring for anyone who used its title and settlement services since 2003.

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First American Faces NY Regulator, Lawsuit Over Exposure

Data Breach Today

the title insurance company that left hundreds of millions of personal documents open on the internet, is now facing a lawsuit and an inquiry by New York's financial regulator. The company is also offering free credit monitoring for anyone who used its title and settlement services since 2003.

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NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2 billion in 2019.

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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft. Because the scammer’s health records are linked to the victims’ information, it may not be easy to qualify for insurance in the future. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 2003.

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LabCorp: 7.7 Million Consumers Hit in Collections Firm Breach

Krebs on Security

AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” Many readers wrote in to say they’d never heard of First American, but it is the largest title insurance company in the United States.

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First American may have exposed millions of client records

Information Management Resources

title insurers, may have allowed unauthorized access to more than 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. The firm, one of the largest U.S.

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First American Financial Corp. Data Records Leak

Schneier on Security

Krebs on Security is reporting a massive data leak by the real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. The earliest document number available on the site -- 000000075 -- referenced a real estate transaction from 2003.