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Breach occurred 2026-06-09Verifiednottingham.ac.uk
What happened
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".
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The University of Nottingham data breach occurred on June 9, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 10, 2026.
454,635 accounts were affected by the University of Nottingham data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The University of Nottingham breach exposed the following data types: Academic records, Citizenship statuses, Dates of birth, Disabilities, Email addresses, Ethnicities, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passport numbers, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Purchases, Salutations, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the University of Nottingham breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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