The University of Nottingham has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that resulted in unauthorized access to its student records platform. According to the university, the breach affected both current and former students, exposing a substantial volume of sensitive information. The institution, which employs thousands of staff members and educates more than 46,000 students across multiple campuses, stated that it is working closely with the third-party provider responsible for maintaining the affected system. University officials have also notified the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and Action Fraud, emphasizing their commitment to investigating the incident and protecting the personal information entrusted to them. Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by the cybercriminal group known as ShinyHunters. The threat actors reportedly published samples of the stolen data on their leak site, alleging that they exfiltrated more than 40GB of records from the university and its campuses in Malaysia and China. The group claims the compromised dataset includes financial records, payment and billing information, campus portal data, and personally identifiable information such as names, home addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, and dates of birth. Security researchers reviewing the leaked information indicated that the exposure may extend to additional categories of sensitive data, including passport details, disability information, ethnicity records, and academic enrollment histories. Data breach monitoring service Have I Been Pwned reported that approximately 454,600 individuals were impacted by the incident. The attack is believed to be part of a broader campaign targeting Oracle PeopleSoft environments, a widely used enterprise platform that supports functions such as finance, payroll, human resources, and campus administration. ShinyHunters has previously claimed to exploit a combination of newly discovered and older vulnerabilities against vulnerable PeopleSoft deployments. The Nottingham incident follows recent disclosures from other UK universities, including the University of Oxford, highlighting a growing trend of cyberattacks targeting educational institutions and the sensitive data they maintain.
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