The Université de Pau et du Pays de l’Adour in France was targeted by threat actor nova, who stole 80GB of sensitive data including documents, reports, billing PDFs, and personal information of students and staff. The attackers have promised to provide a decryptor, report, and assurances to return and delete the compromised data. #France
Incident Details
- Victim: Universite de Pau et du Pays de lAdour
- Country: FR
- Actor: nova
- Source: http://novaxtychr6ohlc4zr5its73p6i7unpuhpwoodtzrg2y4w4seytatlid.onion/#
- Discovered: 2025-09-29 20:20:04.942824
- Published: 2025-09-29 20:19:17.536779
Information
- Victimized the Université de Pau et du Pays de l’Adour, a multi-site educational institution in France established in 1972.
- The perpetrators, identified as Nova, stole 80GB of sensitive data.
- The stolen data includes documents, reports, billing PDFs, plans, factory and payment documents, full worker information, complete student and teacher data with private IDs, resources, and much more.
- Communication promises a provided decryptor, report, and assurance to return and delete the compromised data.
Disclaimer: This post is based on public claims made by the ransomware group "nova". I cannot confirm the accuracy of the information. However, I would be happy to share any official statement from the affected organization to provide clarification.