On February 17, 2026, mortgage lender Plaza Home Mortgage appeared on the leak site of the ransomware group known as SilentRansomGroup. The company, founded in 2000 and specializing in conventional fixed-rate, conventional ARM, FHA, and VA loans, is claimed to have had internal files exfiltrated during a ransomware attack.
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What Public Reporting Shows
Public reporting indicates that internal files were taken. The number of people whose data may have been exposed remains unknown. No specific deadline for payment or further data publication has been publicly detailed in available reporting. The incident follows the group’s typical pattern of exfiltrating data before encrypting systems and then listing victims on their leak site when demands are not met.
Why This Matters for You and Your Family
If you or anyone in your household has ever applied for a mortgage, refinanced a home, or worked with Plaza Home Mortgage, your personal information may now sit in an attacker’s hands. Mortgage applications routinely contain full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, income details, bank account information, and employment history. Once that combination leaves a company’s control, it can fuel identity theft, fraudulent loan applications, tax fraud, or medical identity misuse that affects your credit, your taxes, and your family’s financial stability for years.
Even if you were not a direct customer, family members or co-borrowers could have been. Children’s information is sometimes included on joint applications or related paperwork, creating long-term risks that many people never consider until statements start arriving for accounts they never opened.