NY Investigates Exposure of 885 Million Mortgage Documents
Summary: New York's Department of Financial Services is investigating a weakness at First American Financial Corp. that exposed approximately 885 million mortgage documents, many containing Social Security and bank account numbers, going back at least 16 years with no authentication required for access. The inquiry is the first test of the state's cybersecurity regulation that took effect in March 2019, and First American says it has hired a third-party security firm and shut down external access to the records.
What's compelling: The exposure covered roughly 885 million documents and at least 16 years of records, and First American handles around one in every four U.S. property transactions, so the reach of the data at stake is far larger than the company's low public profile suggests.
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