Comments on: Former LendingTree Employee Caught Stealing Data

By: LendingTree and the Tale of Two Crises | Why Social Media and Communities are Important | Rice's Riffs

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:13:28 +0000

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By: Lending Tree lead data stolen - do you know where your social security number is? | Real Estate On Credit

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:46:17 +0000

[...] Talk about scary. We all knew that LowerMyBills.com and LendingTree.com provided for a ‘less-than-ideal’ customer experience as consumers got battered by hundreds of calls from rabid mortgage folks; but this announcement is just plain scary. Employees caught stealing data including consumer social security numbers at Lending Tree. [...]

By: LendingTree Uncovers Breach of Lead Data | Lead Marketwatch

LendingTree Uncovers Breach of Lead Data | Lead Marketwatch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:06:56 +0000

[...] reported on Twitter by an early tipster to the Lead Critic, and quickly confirmed by LendingTree in letters to customers and a website FAQ, LendingTree [...]

By: LendingTree Security Breach | How Not to Handle an Online Reputation Crisis | Lead Marketwatch

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:01:28 +0000

[...] my initial coverage there were only about 3 Google search results for the incident including the original LendingTree tip. But, then they made a wrong turn in crisis online reputation [...]

By: LEADCRITIC | Mortgage Leads News and Opinions

LEADCRITIC | Mortgage Leads News and Opinions — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:15:28 +0000

[...] is leaving comments across many of the blogs. You can find the comment by “Seniorexe” here on LeadCritic. Yes, that same person left a comment on my blog too and yes I too received a letter [...]

By: Vadim

Vadim — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:07:00 +0000

I think those lenders who purchased leads from LendingTree should sue LendingTree…. They probably were loosing loans to other guys, because of competing not with 4(as promised) but with nobody knows with how many….

I wondering if LendingTree offered any compensation to participating lenders?

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:15 +0000

You really have to wonder why SSN is intermingled with their lead data. That is against several regulations. Bottom line from this security professional is that Lending Tree are idiots. Their response has been very poor and I hope they go out of business.

By: Lending Tree lead data stolen - do you know where your social security number is? | money blog

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:15 +0000

By: owen raun

owen raun — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:53:00 +0000

seniorexe – how do you know this? did you work at LT? or LTL?

By: Lending Tree lead data stolen - do you know where your social security number is?

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:49:37 +0000

[...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Talk about scary. We all knew that LowerMyBills.com and LendingTree.com provided for a ‘less-than-ideal’ customer experience as consumers got battered by hundreds of calls from rabid mortgage folks; but this announcement is just plain scary. Employees caught stealing data including consumer social security numbers at Lending Tree. [...]