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Confidence MediumJun 10, 2026nottingham.ac.uk

Nottingham University Student Data Exposed in Oracle PeopleSoft Breach

PatternExternal actor · Hacking · Confidentiality impact

Nottingham University, including its Malaysia and China campuses, was affected by the exploitation of an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability (CVE-2026-35273) by the ShinyHunters cybercrime group. Over 450,000 student records, potentially containing personal information, financial data, and academic details, were allegedly stolen. The breach was disclosed as part of the wider reporting around the Oracle PeopleSoft attacks.

Signal date
Jun 10, 2026
Updated
Jun 29, 2026
Confidence
Medium
Sources
7 sources
nottingham.ac.uk logo

Nottingham

Sector
Finance and Insurance
Signals
1 linked

Signal context

First seen: Jun 10, 2026

Last updated: Jun 29, 2026

Status: Public signal

Key points

  • Impacted by the ShinyHunters exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability.
  • Over 450,000 student records potentially exposed.
  • Data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, financial data, and academic information.

Signal analysis

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Affected organization
Nottingham logo
Nottingham

Sector: Finance and Insurance

Likely country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

inferred from company domain

    Estimated
    Threat source
    Hacking activity

    Watch internet-facing systems, credential abuse and exploit activity.

    • Source type: outside the affected organization
    Business impact
    Potential data exposure

    Impact area: Confidentiality

    Likely asset: User or customer data

    Trend context
    66 signals with similar action pattern
    • 23 signals in the same sector
    • 88 signals with the same likely impact area
    • 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
    Mentioned entities
    NottinghamData DisclosureNottingham University Student Data ExposedOracle PeopleSoft Breach Nottingham UniversityMalaysia and ChinaOracle PeopleSoftCVE-2026-35273ShinyHuntersOverImpacted

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