Breach Security Note for Registered Users of RateMyProfessors.com
by Neal Fisch in attacks, awareness, counterfeit websites, data security, faculty, news, passwords, personal security, security, staff, students 0
On December 24, 2015, RateMyProfessors.com observed suspicious activity on one of its backend systems and promptly investigated. As a result of that investigation, RateMyProfessors.com believes that on or about November 26, 2015, hackers gained access to one of the backend systems of RateMyProfessors.com through a decommissioned version of the RateMyProfessors.com website. These hackers acquired email addresses and passwords for some registered users of the active RateMyProfessors.com website (“Site”). We have not seen indications that the compromised information has been used without authorization or that ratings submitted to the Site were implicated in the incident.
It is important to note that, if you used RateMyProfessors.com only as a non-registered user, no information about you and no ratings you submitted were implicated in the incident.
Additional information may be found on the RateMyProfessor site at http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/securityFAQs.
