Account Data breach: ProctorU
Credentials Breach Report
In June 2020, ProctorU, an online examination service, suffered a data breach. Over 444K user records were exposed and posted to an online hacking community. These records contain names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers and passwords.
36UMBC accounts were affected by this breach. The victims have been notified via their UMBC emails and/or their alternate emails. If you have a ProctorU account, please contact them to see if you have been affected by this breach. To see if you were involved in any other breach visit: https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
More about ProctorU data breach:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/hackers-hit-university-online-exam-tool-20200806-p55j6h.html
If you have any questions or concerns email us: security@umbc.edu
Information about this breach was provided to us by Have I Been Pwned(HIBP).
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Posted: August 24, 2020, 12:21 PM