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NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY HOLDINGS LIMITED

bd_9e576d650d4aa46e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Jul 27, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY HOLDINGS LIMITED

Press / market disclosure — not a breach-notification filing

A media or market posting that confirms an incident but carries no breach-notification fields, so compliance clocks aren't assessable. The summary below is extracted from the coverage — verify against the source.

Statement on unauthorised data access. Newcastle University: Newcastle University was the victim of unauthorised access to personal data. The incident, discovered on Monday 27 July 2026, was due to a configuration issue in an admissions system. The compromised information is limited to contact details (names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers). The university has remediated the vulnerability and reported the incident to the ICO. Linked ransomware group: ExfilSquad.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jul 27, 2026

Press report

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Attack → press

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market reportThis record

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • incident type + narrative only (may be machine-translated)
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • affected count
  • data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.