Investor Alert: Kaplan Fox Investigates First American Financial Corp. (NYSE: FAF)

NEW YORK, May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) has been investigating claims on behalf of investors who purchased shares of First American Financial Corp. ("First American" or the "Company") (NYSE: FAF).

On May 24, 2019, Brian Krebs of krebsonsecurity.com published a report alleging that First American may have allowed unauthorized access to more than 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003.  Reportedly, First American said that it learned of a "design defect in one of its production applications that made possible unauthorized access to customer data" and has shut down external access.  Additionally, the Company reportedly said "[w]e are currently evaluating what effect, if any, this had on the security of customer information" and "[w]e have hired an outside forensic firm to assure us that there has not been any meaningful unauthorized access to our customer data."

On May 28, 2019, the first trading day following the news, First American's shares fell $3.46 per share, about 6.3%, to close at $51.80 per share. 

If you purchased First American shares, and would like to discuss our investigation, please contact us by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-290-1952. 

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Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Jersey, has many years of experience in prosecuting investor class actions. For more information about Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, you may visit our website at www.kaplanfox.com.  If you have any questions about your rights or interests, please contact:

Jeffrey P. Campisi
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP
850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(800) 290-1952
(212) 687-1980
Fax: (212) 687-7714
E-mail: [email protected]

Laurence D. King
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP
350 Sansome Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California  94104
(415) 772-4700
Fax:  (415) 772-4707
E-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP

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