Stacy Cowley

May 31, 2019

NY Investigates Exposure of 885 Million Mortgage Documents

This post was originally published on this siteNew York regulators are investigating a weakness that exposed 885 million mortgage records at First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] as the first test of the state’s strict new cybersecurity regulation. That measure, which went into effect in March 2019 and is considered among the toughest in the nation, requires financial companies to regularly audit and report on how they protect sensitive data, and provides for fines in cases where violations were reckless or willful. On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site […]