Ben Shoval

May 24, 2019

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

This post was originally published on this siteThe Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. First American Financial Corp. Image: Linkedin. Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to […]
August 12, 2019

SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.

This post was originally published on this siteThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885 million personal and financial records tied to mortgage deals going back to 2003, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. First American Financial Corp. In May, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the Web site for Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American [NYSE:FAF] exposed some 885 million documents related to real estate closings over the past 16 years, including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security […]