Newcastle University

A range of documents including Newcastle University students’ data was leaked onto the dark web after the cyberattack that disrupted the university’s IT systems in September.

The files were leaked by cybercrime group Doppelpaymer on October 12th and include a full list of students, their specific departments, courses and student numbers.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/update-newcastle-students-data-including-home-addresses-leaked-on-dark-web-after-cyber-attack/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/newcastle-university

"id": "new21271123",
"linkid": "newcastle-university",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Newcastle, UK',
                        'name': 'Newcastle University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ["Students' personal information",
                                              'Academic information']},
 'date_detected': 'September',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': 'October 12th',
 'description': 'A range of documents including Newcastle University students’ '
                'data was leaked onto the dark web after the cyberattack that '
                'disrupted the university’s IT systems in September. The files '
                'were leaked by cybercrime group Doppelpaymer on October 12th '
                'and include a full list of students, their specific '
                'departments, courses and student numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Students’ data',
                                 'Specific departments',
                                 'Courses',
                                 'Student numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ["University's IT systems"]},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'references': [{'source': 'Cyber Incident Description'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Doppelpaymer',
 'title': 'Newcastle University Data Leak',
 'type': 'Data Leak'}