Posted On February 26, 2024 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
February 26 – The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are investigating the Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation data breach that was reported after the company was targeted in a recent cyber security attack. The Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation data breach resulted in the below information of certain individuals being compromised:
According to the Attorney General of Massachusetts, the Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation data breach was reported after they were targeted in a recent cyber security attack. On December 4, 2023, the company’s information security team was notified that an unauthorized user had successfully accessed a third-party system utilized by Fairway. Fairway installed a patch to eliminate the vulnerability and launched an investigation. It was confirmed that an unauthorized party had exploited the vulnerability and obtained access to confidential consumer data that had been provided to Fairway. On February 2, 2024, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation is a mortgage lender headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and Carrollton, Texas that provides a variety of mortgage loan options, including FHA loans, conventional loans, renovation loans, reverse mortgages, 
jumbo mortgages, fixed-rate and variable-rate mortgages and more. The company operates more than 650 locations and completed loans on nearly 130,000 properties in 2022.
Our data breach lawyers are eager to speak to victims of the Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation data breach to determine what damages they sustained and what compensation may be available to them. Victims can file a data breach class action lawsuit if you recently received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Contact the Console & Associates, P.C. law firm at (866) 778-5500 for a free consultation to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential contact form.
Also, consider reading our Guide for Victims of a Data Breach to learn what your next steps should be. Data breach victims should remain alert for signs of identity theft and take steps to secure their accounts and personal information.
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