There was no zero-day exploit. No nation-state attacker. No headline-grabbing malware strain. Just a phishing email. Caught by the SOC. Flagged in the queue. Ignored by an analyst who didn’t bother to dig deeper. The ransomware that followed took less than 48 hours to bring the company to its knees.

Imagine waking up to find your entire business paralyzed. Employees locked out. Customers furious. Regulators knocking on your door, demanding answers. But that’s only the beginning. Over the next few months, you’re drowning in legal battles, hemorrhaging millions, and scrambling to restore trust in your organization. That’s exactly what happened to LoanDepot, one of the largest mortgage providers in the U.S.