Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsNPTC Group of Colleges
Claimed by Vicesociety · listed 3 years ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Jan 29, 2023
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Vicesociety
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Sector
- Education
- Listed on leak site
- Jan 29, 2023
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileNPTC Group of Colleges is one of the largest Further Education providers in Wales, formerly comprising Neath Port Talbot College and Coleg Powys. It covers approximately 30% of Wales's landmass and operates multiple campuses including Neath College, Afan College, Brecon Beacons College, and Newtown College. The institution delivers a wide range of programmes including A Levels, apprenticeships, higher education, and adult learning.
- Industry
- Further Education (FE College Group)
- Address
- Neath Port Talbot and Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Attack summary
Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by Vice Society, a group known for exfiltrating significant volumes of sensitive institutional data. An FE college holds substantial PII including student and staff records, financial information, and potentially safeguarding data for minors, representing a significant data breach at a public educational institution.Vice Society claims to have compromised NPTC Group of Colleges and has published data, as indicated by the 'data_published' disclosure status. The specific nature of exfiltrated data has not been detailed in the truncated leak post, but the group is known to exfiltrate sensitive institutional data prior to or without encryption.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Student records
- Staff records
- Administrative documents
- Potentially financial and personal data
What the group claims
NPTC Group of Colleges, formerly Neath Port Talbot College and Coleg Powys, is one of the largest Further Education providers in Wales covering 30 per cent of the country’s landmass.
Sources
- Victim sitenptcgroup.ac.uk/
Source
Indexed 3 years agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
