ProctorU data breach: 444K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-08-06
In June 2020, the online exam service ProctorU suffered a data breach which was subsequently shared extensively across online hacking communities. The breach contained 444k user records including names, email and physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Jun 26, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 6, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a ProctorU account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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