Cybersecurity
First American Financial Sued Over Alleged Data Breach
- Title insurer accused of exposing home buyers to ID theft
- Pennsylvania buyer files class action on behalf of millions
Signage is displayed outside of First American Financial Corp. headquarters in Santa Ana, California.
Photographer: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images
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First American Financial Corp., one of the biggest title insurers in the U.S., was sued by a client who claims the company’s lax security measures put him at risk of identity theft, along with millions of others whose personal information could be easily accessed through its website.
Pennsylvania resident David Gritz, who bought and flipped multiple houses, contends that First American Financial and First American Title “allowed anyone to access sensitive files of millions of customers,’’ by using document identification numbers that were sequential.