Cyber Attack Said to Disrupt Michigan’s Online Bar Exam (1)

The Michigan bar exam was the subject of a cyber attack that caused a temporary glitch for test takers, according to state bar officials and the software company administering the online exam.

Test takers were briefly locked out of the exam Tuesday because of a “sophisticated attack specifically aimed at the login process for the ExamSoft Portal,” Nici Sandberg, a representative for ExamSoft, told Bloomberg Law.

“At no time was any data compromised by the attack,” Sandberg said.

The glitch provided a new element of stress for lawyers-in-training who have been preparing for the exam amid uncertainty caused by the ...