loanDepot narrows losses in 2023, expects tough first quarter due to cyberattack

loanDepot narrows losses in 2023, expects tough first quarter due to cyberattack

loanDepot greatly reduced its costs in 2023 while revenues were in free fall amid a contracting market. It wasn’t enough to bring the California-based lender company profitability, but it narrowed its losses.  Operationally,... Read more »
AlphV/BlackCat claims credit for loanDepot cyberattack

AlphV/BlackCat claims credit for loanDepot cyberattack

Infamous ransomware gang AlphV/BlackCat claimed it was behind the January cyberattack at top 15 U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot. loanDepot, which originated about $17 billion in mortgages in the first three quarters of... Read more »
loanDepot begins bringing more systems back online after cyberattack

loanDepot begins bringing more systems back online after cyberattack

Nonbank mortgage lender and servicer loanDepot has started to restore functionality to some of its technology systems impacted by an early January cyberattack. However, its operations remain impacted as it continues to... Read more »
loanDepot narrows losses in 2023, expects tough first quarter due to cyberattack

Cyberattack at loanDepot brings systems down

Top-15 U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot confirmed Monday morning that it is the industry’s latest cyberattack victim. The incident has brought loanDepot’s systems down.  The California-based lender, which originated about $17 billion in mortgage loans... Read more »
First American makes progress on restoring systems from pre-Christmas cyberattack 

First American makes progress on restoring systems from pre-Christmas cyberattack 

Title insurance giant First American Financial reported progress on restoring its systems from a pre-Christmas cybersecurity incident. First American has fallen victim to data theft after a perpetrator exfiltrated data and encrypted... Read more »
Hackers accessed data of 1.3M customers in Fidelity cyberattack

Hackers accessed data of 1.3M customers in Fidelity cyberattack

Mortgage subservicer Loancare informed authorities that the data of about 1.3 million customers was compromised following a cyberattack in November on its parent company, the big four title firm Fidelity National Financial (FNF). This data includes... Read more »
Mr. Cooper confirms personal data compromised in cyberattack

Mr. Cooper confirms personal data compromised in cyberattack

Mr. Cooper Group’s examination of the cyberattack it suffered in late October concluded that the personal information of current and former customers was compromised. The data breach led the company to estimate an... Read more »
Mr. Cooper hit with consumer class-action lawsuits over cyberattack 

Mr. Cooper hit with consumer class-action lawsuits over cyberattack 

Mr. Cooper Group became the target of at least four consumer class-action lawsuits after disclosing a cyberattack at the end of October when customer information was compromised and the company shut down... Read more »
Mr. Cooper’s automated phone systems, website are back up following cyberattack

Mr. Cooper’s automated phone systems, website are back up following cyberattack

The automated phone systems and website of lender and servicer Mr. Cooper are running again following a cybersecurity incident that forced the company to lock down certain technology systems. On Oct. 31,... Read more »
Cyberattack on Mr. Cooper forces it to lock down systems

Cyberattack on Mr. Cooper forces it to lock down systems

Texas-headquartered lender and servicer Mr. Cooper pointed to a cybersecurity incident that forced the company to lock down certain technology systems including access to its online payment portal.  “On October 31, Mr.... Read more »