FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) - A North Texas company is warning customers about a security lapse that put millions of financial records at risk.
Ascension Data and Analytics of Fort Worth says the information was stored on a server that was not protected with a password.
The website TechCrunch was the first to report on the server, saying 24 million documents were exposed. Documents included tax information, social security numbers and bank information for people across the country who have done business with Capital One, Wells Fargo, HSBC Life Insurance and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some documents date to 2008.
TechCrunch is reporting Ascension's parent company, Rocktop Partners, owns more than 46,000 loans worth $4.4 billion.
Ascension says it shut down the server immediately.
“On January 15, this vendor learned of a server configuration error that may have led to exposure of some mortgage-related documents. The vendor immediately shut down the server in question, and we are working with third-party forensics experts to investigate the situation. We are also in regular contact with law enforcement investigators and technology partners as this investigation proceeds," Rocktop Partners General Counsel Sandy Campbell wrote in a statement.
Rocktop Partners says it is also notifying regulators.