My jaw just hit the floor. How is Wednesday’s discovery of a huge breach of sensitive personal information not front page news today? I think we’re all becoming desensitized when it comes to a new data breach – seems like a major corporation is spilling our candy all over the lobby every day.
This isn’t AshleyMadison.com airing your naughty behavior. Well, okay – bad example – things might have been very uncomfortable around the house for a few days if you were a victim of that one. This was information that could very easily lead to identity theft and the ensuing mess that can create.
TechCrunch revealed that this breach, sourced back to Ascension, contained “highly sensitive personal information, including people’s names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive information typically found on mortgage documents”. If you got a mortgage with such firms as Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Capital One and others – even HUD documents were exposed – you need to keep an eye on this one.
In other less-devastating news, homeowners are staying in their homes longer. Just a few years ago the average American stayed in their home for 3 to 5 years. By 2017, Americans were sitting put for 7 years. Just in the past year, that’s up another 10% and at the highest level in 18 years. Could this be a contributing factor to the unusually high decrease in home sales recently?
For those of you who requested those tips for selling your home for top dollar – I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve been wearing my other hat all week and will get this information to you today.
Text or call my team if you have a real estate need. 702.291.8766.
Robin
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