Haunted Hack: Mr. Cooper’s Spooky Cyber Scare and the Ghost in the Machine

When the mortgage giant Mr. Cooper played haunted house this Halloween, the result was a real-life scare. A cybersecurity breach on October 31st left their systems spooked and customers rattling chains in frustration for days. But don’t fear – Mr. Cooper promises no trick-or-treat induced fees, penalties, or credit hauntings from this ghostly encounter.

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When things go bump in the night, it's scary. But when your mortgage company goes silent on Halloween, it's downright terrifying. Mr. Cooper, the mortgage industry behemoth, was the victim of a cyber-boo on October 31st, and it wasn’t just some kid in a white sheet saying "Boo!” The company's systems were left in a trick-or-treat induced sugar coma for days, leaving customers rattling their chains in frustration.

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