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14 June 2026

Nottingham Uni says student records raided after ShinyHunters claims cyberattack

Nottingham Uni says student records raided after ShinyHunters claims cyberattack

The University of Nottingham has confirmed a cyberattack on its student  record system after the ShinyHunters crew claimed to have stolen tens of  gigabytes of data from the Russell Group institution.


Around 40 GB of the institution's data was stolen, data included billing and payment records, credit card and payment details,  student finance data, and "campus portal exports." The criminal crew further claimed that the University of Nottingham's Malaysia and China campuses were also compromised.

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