Andres Viglucci reports:
One of the country’s largest mortgage servicers, a company based in Coral Gables, has reported what appears to be a significant data breach to customers three months after discovering it, prompting two separate federal lawsuits.
In a letter to customers dated March 18, Lakeview Loan Servicing said it had uncovered “a security incident involving unauthorized access to our file servers” in early December. According to the letter, signed by Lakeview senior vice president and chief compliance officer Judith Tribble, internal investigators found that stolen information included names, addresses and Social Security numbers of customers.
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