binarypublishFirst American Financial, a title company that provides settlement services and title insurance for real estate transactions, suffered a cyber attack on Thursday morning. As a result, the company had to shut down its website and some of its systems. The attack marks the third cyber security incident to hit the title industry in the last two months, following attacks on Fidelity National and Mr. Cooper. First American was previously ordered to pay $1 million to settle cybersecurity violations in New York stemming from a 2019 breach.
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