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Newcastle University

ncl.ac.uk
Group Exfilsquad New Group
Discovered 2026-07-26 10:24 UTC
Est. attack date 2026-07-26
Country GB
Sector
Agriculture and Food Production Education Energy & Utilities Financial Services Government & Defense Healthcare Hospitality Manufacturing Other Professional Services Retail & E-Commerce Technology Transportation
This is an emerging group, so this claim should be treated with caution until independently verified.

Description:

DATA SUMMARY: 440K~ records containing: applicant and student contact information, significant PII, and admissions data.
Infostealer activity detected by HudsonRock

Compromised Employees: 192

Compromised Users: 1799

Third Party Employee Credentials: 78

External Attack Surface: 121

Infostealer Distribution

DNS Records:

The following DNS records were found for the victim's domain.

WHOIS Emails
  • No emails found.
MX Records
  • ncl-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com. Microsoft 365
TXT Records
  • successfactors-site-verification=MTQ3ZTE2NDFlNDgzYjY0MjRjOTMyNjJmNWRmMGFlOTI5ZTNjOTE2YWVmMGQ2YzE2ZjIzOGI2YzY0ODAyMmQzYw==
  • QuoVadis=f835bf38-050b-4877-8f63-a435f833498d
  • adobe-idp-site-verification=bde1f88bfe8ef00a273774afaa224776a8d6938c5a08627f278dd799898c901e
  • apple-domain-verification=UaNzjQEIQRhckqte
  • v=spf1 include:_spf2.ncl.ac.uk include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:wpm.flywire.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:5025575.spf07.hubspotemail.net " " include:servers.mcsv.net include:tcmailservice.targetconnect.net include:_spf.explore-blue.com include:spf-eu.exlibrisgroup.com -all
  • google-site-verification=SasCIF4KzXtD3nqV9mDXXiHQ-0-3ournQWjovc1uqMo
  • tiktok-developers-site-verification=1nppZIpL5exZU48egAXoci0m6kVRnvAP
  • teamviewer-sso-verification=67fae83811dc400ba2d3cc6045d503ec
  • MS=ms63109581
  • google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=55665660
  • QuoVadis=c5bf27cc-0cbb-48ad-bba6-46145e736efd
  • l5XEzR45RP0mWKFhKEuXQz+mTFxj89fmw3I3iYd6JOr2ySmKV27d+U3M+ZYXar6xqHsS4wViN3wT34efSOiW6A==
  • google-site-verification=5330qP8xqR_LroHgedzb0fveQmqTNW-m-IZFiYUeibk
  • WTY5Q4IGWN1MXRIWPSSOF8RT0JGE3SFRJZOUMQ1XX
Cloud / SaaS Services Detected
Adobe Apple HubSpot Mailchimp Mandrill Microsoft 365 SAP Success Factor Teamviewer

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