Knottingham Trent University
ShadowByt3$This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the ShadowByt3$ group against Knottingham Trent University. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
We breached Knottingham trent University on August 19th 2026 by gaining access through webapps.ntu.ac.uk. We alerted the university which they know they have been breached they locked out are access after stealing the following below High-Risk Sensitive PII - Passport Numbers & Details: Stolen via the raw PDF copies of the applicants' physical passports - Dates of Birth: Specifically exposed on the main data profile screen - Nationalities & Countries of Birth: Confirmed via the legal passport logs and the registration metadata fields. Contact & Location PII - Full Legal Names: Animesh Shukla and Abhinand Unnikrishnan - Personal Email Addresses: Exposed via the portal login view (`[email protected]`). - Mobile Phone Numbers: Explicitly collected on the dashboard contact view (`7080809422`). - Permanent & Correspondence Home Addresses: Complete street-level addresses mapping out exact house numbers, apartment complexes, districts, and postal ZIP codes spanning across Lucknow (226001) and Delhi (110024). Academic & Professional History PII - While non-sensitive on its own, hackers use this deeply personal context to write highly convincing scam letters - Complete Academic History: Stolen via the raw transcript files (`Degree Transcript.pdf` `10TH`, and `12TH` grade completion papers), showing exact grade percentages, modules studied, and prior school names. - Employment & Professional History: Stolen directly out of the `CV.pdf` file, mapping out their previous job titles and career timelines - Professional Reference Names: Stolen via the Letters of Recommendation (`LOR.pdf`), which reveal the names, titles, and institutions of the professors or employers who recommended them. mirror 1: https://anonfilesnew.com/s/FXB5-I_XtWl mirror 2: https://pixeldrain.com/u/XXWv2geH This is a warning to all companies to comply it's that easy and simple. If you don't we will leak you and ruin your reputation and make sure that everyone abuses your companies data.
Leak Screenshots
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