First American Financial Corporation has a special webpage up: "First American has experienced a cybersecurity incident. In response, we have taken certain systems offline and are working to return to normal business operations as soon as possible. Updates will be posted to this page."
HousingWire first reported the story or, to be more specific, this particular incident, because the problem that commercial real estate companies are facing from cybercriminals isn't new.
Warnings about cybersecurity treats to CRE firms go back to at least 2019. In 2021, experts were telling GlobeSt.com about ongoing problems of this type. Cybercriminals were getting more creative with how they got into a company's servers.
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