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Mortgage and loanword giant LoanDepot say Monday it is experiencing a cyberattack and that it ’s “ work diligently to restore normal business operations as promptly as possible . ”
The Irvine , California - free-base company say ina abbreviated statement on its cybersecurity incident pagethat it has “ involve certain system offline ” and is “ working rapidly to understand the extent of the incident and taking steps to understate its impact . ”
LoanDepot confirmed the cyberattack ina filing with federal regulators , describing the incident as involving the “ encoding of information , ” implying a ransomware approach .
“ In response , the company shut down sure systems and continues to follow through measure to stop up its business operations , bring systems back online and react to the incident , ” the regulative filing read .
When reached by email , LoanDepot spokesperson Jonathan Fine reiterated the society ’s statement , but declined to comment further or say whether the company hasreceived a ransom money demandfrom the cyber-terrorist .
LoanDepot says it has millions of customers , according to its investor website . Portions of LoanDepot ’s website , including its customer portals , look to be non - functional . One error substance on a login page seen by TechCrunch tells users : “ repeat automatic payments are processing as expect , but there may be a temporary wait in viewing the posted payment in your requital history . If you are seeking to make a payment , you may do so through our contact center by speaking with an agent at 866 - 258 - 6572 . ”
The cyber incident at LoanDepot is the late in a series of cyberattacks aim the loan and mortgage industry in late calendar month .
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A Novemberransomware attack on Fidelity National Financial , one of the prominent insurance providers in the United States , knocked the company offline for more than a week . In December , mortgage and loan companyMr . Cooper said hackers had stolen the personal information on more than 14 million customersduring an October cyberattack . Mr. Cooper say it would receive at least $ 25 million in additional costs as a termination of the incident , mostly to devote for the credit monitoring of its affected customer .
Newbreach coverage rule that took consequence in Decemberrequire company to send word regulator of cybersecurity incident that may have a “ material ” effect on their business .
For its part , LoanDepot said in its regulative filing that it will “ proceed to assess the impact of the incident and whether the incident may have a material impact on the company . ”
Do you shape at LoanDepot and know more about the incident ? you may contact Zack Whittaker on Signal and WhatsApp at +1 646 - 755 - 8849 , orby electronic mail . You also can reach us viaSecureDrop .
Mr. Cooper hacker stole personal data on 14 million customer
