What happened
In 2020 records from the online exam-proctoring service ProctorU — around 444,000 accounts, including those of students at several Australian universities — were published by attackers, exposing names, addresses and hashed passwords [honisoit-proctoru]. Australian universities that used the software launched investigations.
Timeline
- 2020-08 — ProctorU records published online; Australian universities investigate [honisoit-proctoru].
Current status
Disclosed; affected universities notified users. Figures are as reported. [honisoit-proctoru]
Why it matters
A COVID-era case: rushed adoption of remote-exam surveillance software concentrated student data that then leaked.