Aspen Title & Escrow Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Client Information
Aspen Title & Escrow, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based real estate services firm, disclosed a data breach after detecting unauthorized network access on August 28, 2025. Forensic investigations revealed that intrusions had also occurred intermittently on August 11, 2025, compromising sensitive personally identifiable information (PII).
The company, which serves realtors, buyers, and investors including participants in its Homes for Heroes program engaged law enforcement and third-party specialists to assess the breach. Following a review, Aspen Title & Escrow confirmed that exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, and financial account details. Notifications were filed with the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Attorney General offices on March 12, 2026, with at least four individuals in Massachusetts and two in New Hampshire affected.
Class action law firm Shamis & Gentile P.A. is investigating potential compensation claims for impacted individuals. The breach underscores ongoing risks to real estate transaction data, where financial and personal records are frequent targets.
Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/investigations/aspen-title-escrow-data-breach-2026
Aspen Title & Escrow (Aspen, CO) cybersecurity rating report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/aspentitleandescrow
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'description': 'Aspen Title & Escrow, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based real '
'estate services firm, disclosed a data breach after detecting '
'unauthorized network access on August 28, 2025. Forensic '
'investigations revealed that intrusions had also occurred '
'intermittently on August 11, 2025, compromising sensitive '
'personally identifiable information (PII). The breach exposed '
'names, Social Security numbers, and financial account '
'details. Class action law firm Shamis & Gentile P.A. is '
'investigating potential compensation claims for impacted '
'individuals.',
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'title': 'Aspen Title & Escrow Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Client '
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