University of Buraimi
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Full breach record for University of Buraimi →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Thegentlemen on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
uob.edu.om zoominfo.com/c/university-of-buraimi/464061196 University of Buraimi (UOB) is a private higher education institution founded in 2016 (originally College of Banking & Financial Studies, upgraded to university status in 2024) in Buraimi, Oman, just 5 minutes from the UAE border (Al Ain). Licensed by Oman's Ministry of Higher Education (MOHERI), it operates 4 faculties (Computing & IT, Engineering, Business, Health Sciences) with 11 departments offering programs in AI, cybersecurity, civil/electrical/mechanical engineering, nursing, architecture, business, and MBA. It serves ~500–1,500 students from 40+ countries (30–40% international) with ~50–82 staff (PhD-holders from UK, USA, Canada, Malaysia). Tuition runs ~$6,000–12,000/year with extensive scholarships. The university follows a US academic model, earned a spot in UI GreenMetric World Rankings 2025 (289th for sustainability), and is currently undergoing OAAA accreditation. Led by Chancellor HE Sheikh Saif Al-Mamari
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Oct 6, 2026
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Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
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thegentlemen
According to ransomware.live, The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.