Canadian Mennonite University (CMU)
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Full breach record for Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce 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
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a Christian institution in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offering undergraduate degrees in various fields such as arts, business, music, and sciences, along with three graduate degree programs. The university focuses on a small community environment that fosters academic, social, and spiritual growth, welcoming students from diverse backgrounds and beliefs. CMU emphasizes preparing students as skilled problem solvers and leaders committed to positive change in their communities and beyond. It offers financial aid and supports approximately 50% of its students through scholarships and bursaries
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 12, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
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Evidence ladder
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.
No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
dragonforce
According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.