University of Nottingham Breach Details
Domain: nottingham.ac.uk
Breach Date: 9 June 2026
In June 2026, the University of Nottingham was the target of a cyber attack, later linked to a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Tens of gigabytes of data were subsequently published online and included 455k unique email addresses along with extensive personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers, ethnicities, disabilities, passport numbers and information relating to academic enrolments and fee payments. In a post about the incident, the university advised that the breach affected both "current students, and alumni".
Breached Data:
• Academic records
• Citizenship statuses
• Dates of birth
• Disabilities
• Email addresses
• Ethnicities
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passport numbers
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases
• Salutations
• Usernames
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Breach Date: 9 June 2026
In June 2026, the University of Nottingham was the target of a cyber attack, later linked to a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Tens of gigabytes of data were subsequently published online and included 455k unique email addresses along with extensive personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers, ethnicities, disabilities, passport numbers and information relating to academic enrolments and fee payments. In a post about the incident, the university advised that the breach affected both "current students, and alumni".
Breached Data:
• Academic records
• Citizenship statuses
• Dates of birth
• Disabilities
• Email addresses
• Ethnicities
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passport numbers
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases
• Salutations
• Usernames
Check Email Address
