Saga University
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Full breach record for Saga University →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
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saga-u.ac.jp Saga University is a national Japanese university in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu — founded in 1949 (roots back to 1875), merged with Saga Medical School in 2003, operating as a national university corporation since 2004. Scale: ~6,600 students, ~3,300 staff, 6 faculties (including medicine with a ~600-bed hospital) across Honjo, Nabeshima, and Arita campuses. Annual revenue ¥44B ($300M), ~57% of it generated by the university hospital; state capital ¥47.3B, with a +¥1.6B surplus in FY2024. Signature strength: the Institute of Ocean Energy (IOES) — a world leader in OTEC (ocean thermal energy), pursuing the world's first 1-MW commercial plant ~2026-27 with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. Rector since Oct 2025: Koichi Node (cardiologist); 2026 launches include Japan's first national-university cosmetic science program (30 students, 7x oversubscribed) and a joint teacher-training degree with Kumamoto University. Weak points: rankings have slid for a decade (QS Asia 801-850, THE 1501+)
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Oct 14, 2026
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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.