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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. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. billion in 2019.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. Securities and Exchange Commission settled its investigation into the matter after the Fortune 500 company agreed to pay a paltry penalty of less than $500,000. This week, the U.S. billion last year.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. They accessed 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

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First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Krebs on Security

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. We are currently evaluating what effect, if any, this had on the security of customer information.

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Spike in “Chain Gang” Destructive Attacks on ATMs

Krebs on Security

Tracey Santor is the bond product manager for Travelers , which insures a large number of financial institutions against this type of crime. In 2019, the average amount stolen in a traditional bank robbery was just $1,797, according to the FBI. In nearly all cases, the perpetrators are done in less than five minutes.

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Interview with Gus Tugendhat of Tussell

Information Matters

The market already has lots of tender portals but nobody has taken the tenders and contracts and turned them into an intelligent database which can be mined efficiently. In 2019 we will launch a lighter, cheaper SME offering in order to go after the long tail. We aim to help our customers to anticipate opportunities.

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Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

Krebs on Security

That data included approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and approximately 80,000 bank account numbers on U.S. consumers, and roughly 1 million Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) for Canadian credit card customers. “She allegedly used web application firewall credentials to obtain privilege escalation.