Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers


A major mortgage and loan company based in Dallas, working under the name Mr. Cooper Group Inc. has released more information on a recent breach.

In a data breach notification, the company didn’t say what type of cyberattack caused the compromise of customer data, calling it a rather non-descriptive “External system breach (hacking).” For those unfamiliar with the name, Mr. Cooper is a rebranding of Nationstar Mortgage, and reportedly some 14.7 million homeowners may be affected by the data breach.

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Source: Malwarebytes Labs