Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Verificient
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled its service after its service company, Verificient, was hacked. The hacker sent offensive emails from the Verificient Support account and also defaced the Verificient website.