Real Estate
14 organizations, 20 confirmed incidents.
Real Estate covers brokerages, title and escrow companies, appraisers and mortgage lenders, which routinely hold Social Security numbers, bank account details and other data needed to close a property transaction. A real estate appraiser or a mortgage lender is named directly as a worked example of a "financial institution" under the FTC's Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314), so both carry the same non-bank financial-institution security obligations as a lender in the Finance sector; a brokerage outside that definition instead falls back on the general state breach-notification statute covering the individuals affected.
Incidents by year
| Year | Confirmed incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
Top organizations by confirmed incidents
Questions and answers
How many confirmed incidents involve Real Estate organizations on Breach Census?
20 confirmed incidents across 14 organizations in the Real Estate sector are recorded on Breach Census.
Which year had the most confirmed Real Estate incidents?
2026, with 5 confirmed incidents, the most of any year on record for this sector.
Which attack types are most common in the Real Estate sector?
Among Real Estate sector incidents that carry an attack-type classification, the most common are Phishing Attack, Ransomware Attack.
What counts as a confirmed incident for the Real Estate sector?
An incident counts here once its primary organization carries the Real Estate sector label and the incident itself has reached the confirmed status described on the Methodology page; a bare claim or press report is not enough.