
First American, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, suffered a malware attack that forced the company to shut some of its systems down, including its website.
At press time, the official website firstam.com was still offline, while a dedicated notification site - firstamupdate.com - was set up. There is a short notification on the latter, stating “First American has experienced a cybersecurity incident. In response, we have taken certain systems offline and are working to return to normal business operations as soon as possible. Updates will be posted to this page.”