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 20, 2026Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu National Louis University (WSB-NLU) 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 (WSB-NLU) 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 (WSB-NLU)

Claimed by nova · listed 1 day ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 20, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: nova
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: Poland
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: May 20, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National Louis University (WSB-NLU) is a private university located in Nowy Sącz, Poland, with over 34 years of experience in higher education. The institution offers bachelor's, engineering, master's, and postgraduate degrees across fields including management, law, psychology, and computer science. It is recognised as one of the leading private universities in Poland and delivers programmes both on-campus and via its RealTime Online and CloudA platforms.

Industry: Private Higher Education
Address: ul. Zielona 27, 33-300 Nowy Sącz, Poland
Employees: 201-500
Founded: 1991

Attack summary

Severity: high — The group claims confirmed exfiltration of data from a higher-education institution (which likely holds student PII, academic records, and staff data) and states the data has already been leaked publicly after no ransom contact was made.

The Nova ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from WSB-NLU and states that because the university did not make contact, the stolen data has been leaked. The group offers to provide a file tree and data samples upon contact with their support department.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Stolen university data (unspecified)
File tree of exfiltrated files
Data samples

What the group claims

WSB-NLU in Nowy Sącz offers a variety of educational programs including bachelor's, engineering, and master's degrees, as well as postgraduate studies. With over 34 years of experience, 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. 
The website RADWAG.com is the home of RADWAG, a Polish manufacturer widely recognized as a global leader in the production of electronic weighing equipment, including balances, scales, and specialized measuring instruments - 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

Indexed 1 day ago

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