Was University of Buraimi hit by ransomware?

University of Buraimi was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (Oman), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the thegentlemen ransomware group?

thegentlemen is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the University of Buraimi breach?

thegentlemen published data attributed to University of Buraimi. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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University of Buraimi

Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 5 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedOct 9, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: Oman
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: Oct 9, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

University of Buraimi (UOB) is a private higher education institution in Buraimi, Oman, founded in 2016 (originally College of Banking & Financial Studies, upgraded to university status in 2024). It operates 4 faculties across Computing & IT, Engineering, Business, and Health Sciences, serving approximately 500–1,500 students from 40+ countries with a predominantly US academic model.

Industry: Higher Education
Address: Buraimi, Oman
Employees: 50-82
Founded: 2016

Attack summary

Severity: low — No proof files, screenshots, or data samples are advertised. No specific data types or operational impact are disclosed. The post is an announcement/listing only.

The group claims to have attacked University of Buraimi but provides no details on the nature of the attack (encryption, exfiltration, or both) or specific data compromised in the leak post.

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What the group claims

uob.edu.om zoominfo.com/c/university-of-buraimi/464061196 University of Buraimi (UOB) is a private higher education institution founded in 2016 (originally College of Banking & Financial Studies, upgraded to university status in 2024) in Buraimi, Oman, just 5 minutes from the UAE border (Al Ain). Licensed by Oman's Ministry of Higher Education (MOHERI), it operates 4 faculties (Computing & IT, Engineering, Business, Health Sciences) with 11 departments offering programs in AI, cybersecurity, civil/electrical/mechanical engineering, nursing, architecture, business, and MBA. It serves ~500–1,500 students from 40+ countries (30–40% international) with ~50–82 staff (PhD-holders from UK, USA, Canada, Malaysia). Tuition runs ~$6,000–12,000/year with extensive scholarships. The university follows a US academic model, earned a spot in UI GreenMetric World Rankings 2025 (289th for sustainability), and is currently undergoing OAAA accreditation. Led by Chancellor HE Sheikh Saif Al-Mamari

Sources

Victim siteuob.edu.om

Source

Indexed 5 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About thegentlemen

thegentlemen is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their broad targeting of commercial sectors. The group has documented 267 victims across multiple countries, with primary focus on the United States, Thailand, France, Brazil, and India. Their targeting strategy demonstrates a preference for high-value sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and financial services organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their country of origin, operational structure, attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and whether they employ ransomware-as-a-service models remain unclear. The relatively high victim count of 267 in a short operational timeframe since September 2025 suggests either an aggressive campaign pace or potential inflation of victim numbers through affiliate operations, though without corroborating intelligence reports, the group's exact operational capabilities and notable campaigns cannot be definitively established. Current intelligence indicates the group remains active as of late 2025, though comprehensive threat profiling requires additional validated reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 960 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post October 9, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 9, 2026University of Buraimi listed by thegentlemen on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by thegentlemen

thegentlemen has been linked to 960 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 1,089 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, University of Buraimi is reported in Oman, a country with 2 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means University of Buraimi appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on thegentlemen's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.