LoanDepot is latest real estate company to be targeted by hackers

Mortgage lender says an unauthorized party accessed its systems and encrypted some of its data, a tactic employed by ransomware groups to target more than 1,000 companies and organizations. Continue reading

First American Financial warns clients to watch out for fake emails

Two days after being hit by a cyberattack, the title insurance giant says it’s still trying to restore operations and warns clients that it’s taken its email system offline. Continue reading

Title insurer First American Financial is hackers’ latest target

The nation’s second biggest title insurer issues terse statement saying it’s taken some systems offline. A ransomware group known as Blackcat, ALPHV or Noberus has infiltrated the computer networks of more than 1,000 victims. Continue reading

Mr. Cooper: Hackers got personal info on past and present customers

Loan servicing giant Mr. Cooper, which is facing multiple lawsuits over a recent cybersecurity breach, will provide two years of identity protection services and credit monitoring to all current and former customers. Continue reading

FNF still mum on whether it was target of ransomware attack

CEO Mike Nolan says FNF has resumed normal operations, and that customer disruption from the cybersecurity incident was “relatively brief” and included the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Continue reading

Title insurer Fidelity restoring operations after security incident

The nation’s largest title insurer won’t say whether it was the target of a ransomware attack, sparking speculation that it paid a ransom to hackers exploiting Citrix Bleed software vulnerability. Continue reading

Nation’s biggest title insurer hit by ransomware attack, reports say

Fidelity National Financial acknowledges that a “cybersecurity incident” disrupted the provision of title and escrow services and other technology and mortgage services. Continue reading