Data breach reveals data of 440,000 ProctorU users
The personal details of over 440,000 users of AI-powered online proctoring platform ProctorU were exposed online after a data breach. A ccording to Bleeping Computer , the ProctorU database contained names, home addresses, emails, cell phone numbers, hashed passwords and organisation details. It also contained US military email addresses. ProctorU later said that 'the records were from 2014, and did not contain any financial information.' ProctorU was one of 18 organisations hacked early 2020. Databases from all entities were later offered for free in online hacker forums, and resulted in investigations by universities in Australia, the USA and elsewhere. The incident raised questions about ProctorU's security and was seen to potentially jeopardis e user privacy. System 🤖 ProctorU website Operator: University of Queensland; University of Sydney Developer: Meazure Learning/ProctorU Country: Au stralia Sector: Education Purpose: Detect and prevent cheating Technology: Facial recognition Issue: Privacy; Security Transparency : Governance
- Date it happened
- 2020-08-01
- Organisation involved
- University of Queensland; University of Sydney
- Product, system or model
- ProctorU
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