Reports
RACIAL BIAS / FACIAL RECOGNITION – A Black woman student at an unnamed university shared her experience with Proctorio (related system): the software consistently requested her to …
RACIAL BIAS / FACIAL RECOGNITION – A [name] woman student at an unnamed university shared her experience with Proctorio (related system): the software consistently requested her to increase …
A University of Florida student named Keating went viral on TikTok after being denied a bathroom break during her first statistics exam administered via ProctorU.
A University of Florida student named Keating went viral on TikTok after being denied a bathroom break during her first statistics exam administered via ProctorU. The live proctor …
FINANCIAL BURDEN + PRIVACY – LSU Chemistry professor mandated a $30-per-exam ProctorU fee, adding to student financial burden during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FINANCIAL BURDEN + PRIVACY – LSU Chemistry professor mandated a $30-per-exam ProctorU fee, adding to student financial burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students objected to both the cost …
Student accused of cheating by ProctorU automated Review+ system; professor gave zero based on ProctorU flag; student disputes this
Student accused of cheating by ProctorU automated Review+ system; professor gave zero based on ProctorU flag; student disputes this
PRIVACY/DATA RIGHTS VIOLATION + LEGAL BULLYING – UCSB Faculty Association wrote a letter to Chancellor Henry Yang urging the university to rescind its contract with ProctorU, citin…
PRIVACY/DATA RIGHTS VIOLATION + LEGAL BULLYING – UCSB Faculty [name] wrote a letter to Chancellor Henry Yang urging the university to rescind its contract with ProctorU, citing data …
UCSB Faculty Association sent a letter to university chancellor raising serious concerns about ProctorU's data-sharing practices with third parties, citing ProctorU's own privacy p…
UCSB Faculty [name] sent a letter to university chancellor raising serious concerns about ProctorU's data-sharing practices with third parties, citing ProctorU's own privacy policies.
Students required to give offshore proctors remote access to personal computers; biometric facial recognition used for ID; disabling of screenshot function, copy-paste, audio outpu…
Students required to give offshore proctors remote access to personal computers; biometric facial recognition used for ID; disabling of screenshot function, copy-paste, audio outputs; required 360-degree bedroom scans …
PRIVACY/DATA RIGHTS CONCERN – LSU student Reddit post warned fellow students about ProctorU's data collection practices, citing UCSB Faculty Association letter.
PRIVACY/DATA RIGHTS CONCERN – LSU student Reddit post warned fellow students about ProctorU's data collection practices, citing UCSB Faculty [name] letter.
UC Berkeley decided to ban the use of all remote proctoring software (including ProctorU) due to concerns about how it would impact the school's diverse student body — particularly…
UC Berkeley decided to ban the use of all remote proctoring software (including ProctorU) due to concerns about how it would impact the school's diverse student body — …
Multiple reports of elaborate cheating attempts enabled by ProctorU's weaknesses; proctors switching during exam; long setup times enabling cheating windows; platform vulnerabiliti…
Multiple reports of elaborate cheating attempts enabled by ProctorU's weaknesses; proctors switching during exam; long setup times enabling cheating windows; platform vulnerabilities exploited by contract cheating services
PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY / SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS – GMAT Club forum detailed experience with ProctorU GRE at-home.
PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY / SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS – GMAT Club forum detailed experience with ProctorU GRE at-home.
Proctor was late; 10-15 minutes of room scans and ID check; lost connection 3 times during exam; redirected each time with no continuity
Proctor was late; 10-15 minutes of room scans and ID check; lost connection 3 times during exam; redirected each time with no continuity
Unable to login with username and password provided by LSAC; 'Username or password did not match' error; server timeouts preventing submission; some people's reservations got moved…
Unable to login with username [user] password provided by LSAC; 'Username or password did not match' error; server timeouts preventing submission; some people's reservations got moved or never …
Problems with logging in to exam; extremely frustrated and in tears believing the test had started while still unable to connect
Problems with logging in to exam; extremely frustrated and in tears believing the test had started while still unable to connect
DATA BREACH – Same July 2020 breach.
DATA BREACH – Same July 2020 breach. Personal records of 440,000 ProctorU users leaked on hacker forums.
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…
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 …
DATA BREACH – Security firm ESET noted that even though majority of exposed ProctorU data was 'old,' much of it remained 'valid today and of interest to cybercriminals.' ProctorU's…
DATA BREACH – Security firm ESET noted that even though majority of exposed ProctorU data was 'old,' much of it remained 'valid today and of interest to cybercriminals.' …
DATA BREACH – Have I Been Pwned confirmed 444,500 accounts were compromised in the ProctorU breach, which occurred in June 2020 and was publicly disclosed August 6, 2020.
DATA BREACH – Have I Been Pwned confirmed 444,500 accounts were compromised in the ProctorU breach, which occurred in June 2020 and was publicly disclosed August 6, 2020. …
Hackers published database of 440,000 ProctorU user records including usernames, unencrypted passwords, legal names, and full residential addresses; breach included US military ema…
Hackers published database of 440,000 ProctorU user records including usernames, unencrypted passwords, legal names, and full residential addresses; breach included US military emails; records dated back to 2014; …
ProctorU data breach exposed records belonging to University of Sydney staff and students of multiple Australian universities.
ProctorU data breach exposed records belonging to University of Sydney staff and students of multiple Australian universities. Honi Soit student newspaper broke the story that the leaked ShinyHunters …
DATA BREACH – Named institutions confirmed in database sample shared with journalists.
DATA BREACH – Named institutions confirmed in database sample shared with journalists. Also included email addresses for U.S. military members.
ProctorU data breach exposed 440,000 user records including email addresses from University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, University of Queensl…
ProctorU data breach exposed 440,000 user records including email addresses from University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University of Tasmania, …
PRIVACY CONCERN / TECHNICAL FAILURE – Student Kareem Taha, sophomore, emailed professor expressing discomfort with being recorded at home by a third-party service (ProctorU) and co…
PRIVACY CONCERN / TECHNICAL FAILURE – Student [name], sophomore, emailed professor expressing discomfort with being recorded at home by a third-party service (ProctorU) and concerns about privacy. Professor …
DATA BREACH – A threat actor leaked a database of 444,000 ProctorU user records on a hacker forum.
DATA BREACH – A threat actor leaked a database of 444,000 ProctorU user records on a hacker forum. Records included names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, bcrypt-hashed …