Ransomware victim disclosure

Daegu University

listed as Daegu University AI Department · Claimed by nova · listed 5 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 29, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: nova
Status: Data leaked
Country: KR
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: May 29, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Daegu University is a South Korean educational institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs, with a focus on practical workforce development. The university provides online employment solutions, academic information systems, and specialized programs including semiconductor education and smart convergence engineering.

Industry: Higher Education

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed data exfiltration from an educational institution with access to student and faculty PII at scale; however, no specific sensitive data categories (medical, financial) explicitly mentioned, and proof count not quantified in the leak post.

Nova claims to have exfiltrated data from Daegu University and published stolen data samples. The group offers to provide additional proof and samples upon contact with the university's support department.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Student records
Faculty information
Academic systems data
Employment system data
Institutional records

What the group claims

Daegu University offers a range of educational services including online employment solutions, academic information systems, and various courses for students and faculty. The university focuses on providing resources for job preparation, including strategies for public and private sector employment, as well as civil service exam preparation. It aims to support students, prospective students, and faculty members in their academic and professional development. The institution is committed to fostering a collaborative and innovative learning environment - Nova Provide tree and samples from stolen data to the company when its get in touch with support department.

Sources

Victim sitedaegu.ac.kr
Leak posthttp://novadmrkp4vbk2padk5t6pbxolndceuc7hrcq4mjaoyed6nxsqiuzyyd.onion/daegu-university-ai-department

Source

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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 149 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post June 3, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 29, 2026Daegu University AI Department listed by novaon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by nova

nova has been linked to 149 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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