Major data breach: ShinyHunters hacker group leaked a database of 444,267 ProctorU user records on a hacker forum, exposing full names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbe…
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Major data breach: ShinyHunters hacker group leaked a database of 444,267 ProctorU user records on a hacker forum, exposing full names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, hashed passwords, and affiliated institutions. Data dated back to 2012-2017.
Course / Exam
Various online exams
Program
Higher education (undergraduate, graduate, professional)
Outcome
ProctorU disabled the server and terminated access. Issued a brief notice stating records were from 2014 and contained no financial information. Offered no detailed explanation of how years 2012-2017 were included if it was a '2014 only' breach. Multiple universities conducted their own investigations. Class-action BIPA lawsuit filed in 2021. Data included U.S. military email addresses. ProctorU implemented additional security measures.
Source
News / Journalism
Original
Imported research record