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Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg

listed as iASK · Claimed by Deadlock · listed 5 days ago

4d
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedJul 10, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Deadlock
Status
Data leaked
Country
Hungary
Listed on leak site
Jul 10, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

iASK (Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg) is a Hungarian research center based in Kőszeg focusing on interdisciplinary studies, environmental science, regional development, complexity studies, and sustainability. It operates as a UNESCO Chair hub, hosts an annual International Summer University, and maintains specialized collections and cultural heritage sites including the Festetics-Chernel Palace.

Industry
Higher Education & Research — Interdisciplinary Studies
Address
Kőszeg, Hungary

Attack summary

Severity: low — Data published status confirmed, but no proof files quantified, no operational disruption claimed, and the target is a non-profit research institute with no indication of regulated personal data or critical infrastructure impact. Disclosure appears to be announcement-only without substantive proof.

The Deadlock group claims to have accessed iASK's systems and published data. No specific details on encryption, exfiltration method, or data categories are stated in the available post excerpt.

low

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Research documents
  • Organizational records
  • Institutional archives

What the group claims

The Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg is a Hungarian research center focusing on interdisciplinary studies, regional transformation in Central/Southeastern Europe, and sustainability. It operates as a hub for research, hosting an annual International Summer University and maintaining specialized collections at the Festetics Palace.

Sources

Source

Indexed 5 days ago

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Disclosure context

About Deadlock

Deadlock is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having claimed responsibility for attacks against at least 10 known victims across a geographically diverse target set. Given the recency of their emergence and limited public documentation by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant at this time, a comprehensive technical profile cannot be fully established. Based on available victimology data, the group has demonstrated a targeting pattern spanning Singapore, China, Sweden, Spain, and Nigeria, suggesting an opportunistic or globally distributed operational scope rather than a regionally focused campaign. Targeted sectors include manufacturing, business services, telecommunications, and financial services, indicating a preference for industries with high operational dependencies and potential for significant disruption, which is consistent with financially motivated ransomware actors seeking maximum leverage for ransom payment. No confirmed attribution regarding country of origin, RaaS affiliation, or specific tooling has been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of this profile's preparation. Due to the group's nascent operational timeline and the limited volume of publicly verified intelligence, analysts should treat this profile as preliminary and subject to significant revision as additional technical indicators, victim disclosures, and research reporting become available. Continued monitoring is advised given the cross-sector and cross-regional targeting behavior observed in this early operational phase. The group has been linked to 76 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 15, 2026; most recent post July 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • July 10, 2026iASK listed by Deadlockon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Deadlock

Deadlock has been linked to 76 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full Deadlock dossier →

Sector and geography

Geographically, iASK is reported in Hungary.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Deadlock means iASK 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 Deadlock'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.