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Rainmaker
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Hence the word potential breach. Well. You know what goes good with a nothing burrito! LOL
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May 29, 2019 02:44 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Oh wow! That seems like a 'nothing' breach but, then again, is that what the company wants put out there?

I'm confused but, hoping for the millions who are questioning this that your VP's information is the bare truth and there'snothing at all to worry about!

May 29, 2019 09:34 PM
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
Internet Marketing & SEO

What the VP told you is different than what's stated on the article mentioned a couple days ago: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/first-american-financial-corp-leaked-hundreds-of-millions-of-title-insurance-records/

 

I don't believe most people that commented on the original question actually understand what happened.

 

Let's say you received an email from FATCO with the following link (made up example) to access your transaction:
https://www.firstam.com/transaction/?tid=00000123

 

If you typed in https://www.firstam.com/transaction/?tid=00000124, or https://www.firstam.com/transaction/?tid=00000125, or https://www.firstam.com/transaction/?tid=00000126, you would be able to access another person's transaction information.

See the problem now?

All a person had to do, was write a little computer program to access the initial page, then keep incrementing the number by one, and they would be able to access as many records as they wanted.

Chances are no one did it, but, who knows.

May 29, 2019 03:23 PM
Rainmaker
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I thought it was a full blown breach Lynnea Miller , I did not know it  was only potential. Thanks for the update.

May 29, 2019 05:56 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Thank you for this information,  Lynnea.

May 29, 2019 03:08 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Security is really non-existent. Skilled hackers are everywhere

May 30, 2019 06:14 AM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

I have not Lynnea.

May 30, 2019 05:44 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Hopefully is was just a potential breach rather than a full blown breach.

May 29, 2019 08:20 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I don't think that is true as of 2 days ago.

May 29, 2019 05:07 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Thank you for sharing that Lynnea, much appreciated!

May 30, 2019 06:38 PM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Interesting information, thank you, Lynnea Miller 

May 30, 2019 07:56 AM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

I did see an alert about this issue.

May 30, 2019 07:14 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Great info. I believe every company should test their system regularly for security

May 30, 2019 07:12 AM
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Sally Lawrence
Advantage Real Estate - Tehachapi, CA
Broker, CHS, e-Pro, SFR, REALTOR®

 And now FATCO is being sued because of the potential breach of many transaction files.  This Bloomberg article has details.

Really difficult to believe that this is STILL happening in 2019.  I teach agents and other small businesses various ways to protect their clients' info and become as unhackable as possible.  

And BTW, credit monitoring services are more about making money than about protecting you.  LifeLock is particularly bad.  I have a friend that has been compromised 3 times by people who had created false LifeLock accounts in her name.  LifeLock told her there was nothing they could do about it.  Yikes.

May 30, 2019 06:29 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

There is no such thing as cyber security.

However, our economy would circle the drain if the power people did not tell us "Don't worry. It's a little thing."

I remember handing the employees of EDS, their passwords and user names. They were solely in charge of enterprise software security.

There is no such thing as cyber security and the crooks are ALWAYS ahead. Now with CHINA embedding undetectable firmware in the products made there, cyber security is just the kook-aid the big boys want others to drink.

Do you remember when they said. "Only those doing bad things on the Internet need to worry about whose is watching you on the Internet."

This is more of the same. The first casualty of war, even cyber war, is truth.

May 30, 2019 05:19 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Yes.  Could be bad.

May 30, 2019 04:52 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Nothing surprises me when security breaches are announced!

May 30, 2019 04:34 AM
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Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Oh great, that wasn’t why I quit using them....

May 29, 2019 09:28 PM
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Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Interesting.  Lets hope they nip this in the bud and become non hackable 

not that anyone is really unhackable these days... 

May 29, 2019 09:05 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Thanks for the update.  Happily we never used them. A

May 29, 2019 04:39 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

An insurance company that has breech issues?  Whoa

May 29, 2019 04:00 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Thanks for the update!

May 29, 2019 03:16 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Yes. This is in the news.

May 29, 2019 03:10 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I have not heard anything.....

May 29, 2019 03:06 PM
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Lynnea Miller hopefully everything will be okay.

May 30, 2019 03:44 PM
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

I hear you, that's a scary situation & I am glad to hear that no one's personal info was stolen.

I just have to add, FATCO is not a very becoming acronym. 

May 30, 2019 01:54 PM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

No, did not hear.

May 30, 2019 10:00 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Interesting.  Thank you for sharing this information. 

May 30, 2019 09:52 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

yes, it's been posted in here a few times already.

May 30, 2019 08:12 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

So I have to wonder...what is the real truth given what's been reported. Hope what you were told IS the case.

May 30, 2019 02:06 PM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Yes.

May 30, 2019 06:38 AM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Hi Dario Ferreira  .  I do believe the VP as he told me he was involved with the situation all weekend - as soon as the information became known.  He reiterated that as far as they know, only 3 people had their security breached - the guy/client who did it and the two others he tested. They are working hard to make sure no one else had their information seen and will be offering all impacted the known ways to protect data in the future (i.e. Lifelock or other such subscriptions which monitor your credit).

May 29, 2019 03:40 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

It seems we hear about one weekly.

Jun 14, 2019 11:38 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I heard about this also.

 

Jun 03, 2019 02:25 PM
Rainmaker
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Donald Urschalitz
Lubeck Realty Group - Jupiter, FL
P.A. Realtor ABR RSPS North Palm Beach County

Oh yes, not a good thing,

Jun 01, 2019 04:55 AM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Good to know.

May 31, 2019 07:29 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Thanks for the update!

May 31, 2019 09:39 AM
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