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://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/newcastle-university

"id": "new21271123",
"linkid": "newcastle-university",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Newcastle, UK',
                        'name': 'Newcastle University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information']},
 'date_detected': 'September 2022',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': 'October 12, 2022',
 '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",
                                 'Departments',
                                 'Courses',
                                 'Student numbers'],
            'systems_affected': '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'}