First American Financial’s Cyber Chaos: Unplugging to Fight Attack

A humor-laden look at First American Financial Corporation’s recent cyber attack crisis, highlighting their unplugging strategy, SEC involvement, website outages, and the outcry from disgruntled customers.

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Oh, First American Financial Corporation, you've really stepped in it this time, haven't you? One second you're a title insurance high roller, and the next you're a cyber attack victim with chaos reigning your systems. Unplugging your systems and email from the internet is a bold move - like unplugging life support to change the batteries. It's the cyber equivalent of "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Meanwhile, customers are left in the lurch, squinting at potentially malicious emails like they're trying to read the small print on a loan agreement.

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