Office for Students
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Full breach record for Office for Students →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Sinobi 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
he Office for Students (OfS) aims to ensure that all students have a rewarding experience in higher education that enhances their personal and professional lives. It provides resources and guidance on quality assessment, financial sustainability, and student welfare while promoting equal opportunities and student choice. The OfS collaborates with educational institutions to improve standards and support systems in the sector. Their focus includes the well-being of students, financial support, and the overall academic landscape in England.
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.ransomware.live/id/T2ZmaWNlIGZvciBTdHVkZW50c0BzaW5vYmk=
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jan 18, 2026
- Raw hash
- e64b8d52a1d6d126ee8107bc7cc5dbad2f9d6b0f94afa871a06cebae4bf34703
Reporting entity
- Name
- sinobi
Victim entity
- Name
- Office for Studentsnorm: office for students
- Domain
- officeforstudents.org.uk
- Industry
- Educationllm
What this source establishes
- Source ceiling
- A leak-site claim can't tell us: discovery date · materiality · notification · affected count · confirmed data types · compliance clock. These stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
- Attack vector
- Ransomware· sinobi
- Threat actor
- SinobiExternalFinancial
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.