ShinyHunters Claims University of Nottingham Data

Summary

Ransomware.live reports an unverified ShinyHunters claim targeting the University of Nottingham. The group allegedly exposed billing, payment and student finance data, including information from its Malaysia and China operations.

Key points

The article attributes the claim to ShinyHunters and says it is based on public claims by the group; the information is not independently confirmed.
The claim concerns the University of Nottingham and its Malaysia and China operations.
The group allegedly exposed more than 40 GB of billing and payment records, student finance data and campus portal exports.
Reported data includes payment and credit card details, contact information, transaction amounts, IP addresses and personal details.
The article also lists a compressed size of 19GB+, alongside the claim of more than 40 GB of records.

Article Details

Victim: University of Nottingham
Victim Domain: nottingham.ac.uk
Encryption Status: Unknown; the source does not report whether data was encrypted.
Exfiltration Status: The ransomware group reportedly claimed data was compromised; exfiltration is not independently confirmed.
Exfiltrated Data: The reported claim describes billing and payment records, credit card and payment details, student finance data, campus portal exports, and personal and transaction information. The source gives differing size descriptions: over 40 GB and 19GB+ (compressed).
Exfiltrated Size: The source reports over 40 GB and separately lists 19GB+ (compressed); the discrepancy is unresolved.
Leak Status: A public claim by the ransomware group is reported, but publication or authenticity of the data is not confirmed.

Threat Actors

ShinyHuntersThe source attributes the ransomware activity to shinyhunters and says the post is based on the group’s public claims; the reported involvement and data claims are not independently confirmed.

Countries

Chinaand payment records along with student finance data and campus portal exports from its Malaysia and China operations.GBThe University of Nottingham (nottingham.ac.uk) in GB was targeted by ransomware activity attributed to shinyhunters, resulting in the compromise of over 40 GB of billing and payment records along with student finance Malaysia40 GB of billing and payment records along with student finance data and campus portal exports from its Malaysia and China operations.

Industries

EducationSector: Education