So, this week Pearson Vue made an announcement that they had been victim of a malicious intrusion of their certification system - specifically their Credential Manager System called Pearson Vue Credential Manager (PCM).
Pearson Vue are the ones who deliver the Cisco exams and has information on any individual who is Cisco Certified through their system. So anyone with a Cisco Certification may be affected by this attack and may have had their information stolen. This information includes name, address, e-mail and phone numbers as well as employment information.
They do press the point that they believe the Credential Manager System to be the only one affected and that their parent company (Pearson) as well as their website and testing system was not compromised.
It is not immediately clear what is stored in their PCM system, but I guess it is safe to assume that if you login to Pearson Vue and check the account information stored there, should give a good indication of what is probably stored in the PCM system and therefore may have been compromised.
You can login from this link: http://www.pearsonvue.com/cisco/
For more information on this issue I will refer to the links below:
Pearson Vue's statement from the 23rd of Nov. 2015: http://home.pearsonvue.com/About-Pearson-VUE/Press-Room/2015/Public-Statement-Regarding-Pearson-Credential-Mana.aspx
Pearson Vue's FAQ site regarding the above Public Statement: http://www.pearsonvue.com/faqs/PCM_faqs.asp
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