LoanDepot hackers had access to Social Security numbers, DOBs

The lender is offering 24 months of free identity protection services and credit monitoring from Experian to 16.9 million consumers affected by the January cyberattack. Continue reading

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

LoanCare says data breach affected 1.3M mortgage customers

Parent company Fidelity National Financial has not said whether other subsidiaries were affected in cybersecurity incident it discovered and contained in November. 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

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

First American settles ‘no-poach’ allegations with New York AG

The $4.5 million agreement follows similar settlements with “big four” title insurance underwriters Fidelity National Financial, Old Republic National Title Insurance and Stewart Title Guaranty. Continue reading

Fidelity to pay $3.5M in crackdown on ‘no-poach’ agreements

Five title insurance companies have paid $8.25 million in the last 18 months to settle antitrust allegations leveled by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Continue reading

Fidelity paying Black Knight $225M to bring TitlePoint back into the fold

With ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight pending, title insurer exercises right to buy back title search and order management solution. Continue reading