Their discovery: a trove of more than 800 million mortgage documents overflowing with incredibly sensitive personal data that includes detailed bank account information. GettyThe documents were scanned copies and they were leaking from firstam.com, the website of First American Financial. If you started at one number you could simply add or subtract to sneak a peek at someone else's mortgage documents. Shoval stumbled upon the leak in the worst way possible -- after visiting a link to his own documents. At First American, security, privacy and confidentiality are of the highest priority and we are committed to protecting our customers’ information.

Source: Forbes May 25, 2019 01:41 UTC