New York regulators are investigating a weakness that exposed 885 million mortgage records at First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] First American says it has hired a third-party security firm to investigate, and that it shut down external access to the records. The New York Times says the inquiry is likely to be followed by other investigations from regulators and law enforcement. News emerged this week that First American is now the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the mortgage industry giant failed to implement even rudimentary security measures”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/ny-investigates-exposure-of-885-million-mortgage-documents/