Home Loan Provider Exposed 695k Records Online

guest · Jul 7, 2020

Home Loan Provider Exposed 695k Records Online
July 7, 2020
https://securitydiscovery.com/home-loan-provider-exposed-695k-records-online/

Recently I discovered a large collection of what appeared to be records related to home loans. Upon further research the records were connected to Texas based Southwest Funding.

On May 20th I discovered a publicly accessible database that contained a large amount of records. I was able to see information that was consistent with home loan lead data and internal content management systems. The database required no username or password and anyone with an internet connection could have potentially had access to the 695,636 exposed records.
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This discovery was published on Secure Thoughts a privacy and data security site dedicated to raising awareness on how individuals can protect their digital communications, actions and discussions

The full article can be seen here
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Loan Provider Southwest Funding Exposes Database Containing 695k Records

One disturbing part of this discovery was seeing a ransomware notice inside the database named “howtogetmydataback”. The notice contained an email address and a demand for bitcoin. Although this was likely an automated threat campaign by cybercriminals, it does show that I was not the only one to see or gain access to the publicly exposed database.

This is yet another wakeup call for the financial industry to safeguard any and all data that is collected and stored.
The Danger of This Kind of Exposure
The danger of a data exposure involving financial related data is that it creates puzzle pieces of information that can be combined to form a complete picture of the customer, client, or user. This could potentially allow cybercriminals to have a wealth of information or the tools needed to conduct a targeted phishing campaign.
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