Disclosure context

About nova

Based on the limited available data, Nova is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in April 2025 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted approximately 95 victims in its brief operational period. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain undocumented by major security firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than geopolitically motivated attacks. Nova's attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been publicly detailed by established threat intelligence sources, though their victim distribution across the United States, France, Brazil, Singapore, and the Netherlands indicates either automated widespread targeting or access to diverse initial compromise vectors. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and education sectors, suggesting they may focus on organizations with critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by major security researchers, Nova's current operational status, organizational structure, and long-term threat trajectory remain largely uncharacterized in established threat intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 118 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 21, 2026Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu National Louis University listed by novaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 694 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu National Louis University is reported in Poland, a country with 7 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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.

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Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu National Louis University

Claimed by nova · listed 54 minutes ago

Today

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 21, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: nova
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: Poland
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: May 21, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu (WSB-NLU) is a private university located in Nowy Sącz, Poland, offering bachelor's, engineering, master's degrees and postgraduate studies. With over 34 years of experience, it is recognized as one of Poland's top private universities, providing programs in management, law, psychology, and computer science, including online courses via its CloudA system.

Industry: Higher Education
Address: Nowy Sącz, Poland
Founded: 1989

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Educational institution with likely student PII exposure; however, no specific proof files are advertised, no data sample details provided, and the post appears to be a bulk listing mixing multiple unrelated victims without substantive evidence for the primary target.

Nova group claims to have compromised WSB-NLU and exfiltrated institutional data. The group states data has been leaked after the company failed to contact them.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

student records
institutional databases
CloudA system data

What the group claims

WSB-NLU in Nowy Sącz offers educational programs including bachelor's, engineering, and master's degrees, as well as postgraduate studies. With over 34 years of experience, it is recognized as one of the top private universities in Poland.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Wysza Szkoa Biznesu National Louis University
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu (WSB-NLU) in Nowy Sącz offers a variety of educational programs including bachelor's, engineering, and master's degrees, as well as postgraduate studies available in RealTime Online format. The institution emphasizes practical education through methods such as workshops and case studies, catering to students from diverse backgrounds. With over 34 years of experience, WSB-NLU is recognized as one of the top private universities in Poland, attracting students interested in management, law, psychology, and computer science. The university also provides online courses and a supportive learning environment through its CloudA system - Nova Provide tree and samples from stolen data to the company when its get in touch with support department. 
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Sources

Leak posthttp://novadmrkp4vbk2padk5t6pbxolndceuc7hrcq4mjaoyed6nxsqiuzyyd.onion

Source

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