Ransomware victim disclosure

My English House

listed as My English House academy · Claimed by nova · listed 4 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 27, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: nova
Status: Data leaked
Country: Spain
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: May 27, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

My English House is a Spanish language school chain specializing in English language instruction. Operating under a franchise model with over 30 locations across Spain, the company was founded by Carlos Barberá and Arturo Mateu and employs a proprietary 'learning by doing' teaching methodology.

Industry: Language Education & English Language Schools

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed data exfiltration from an education organization handling student records and personal information. No proof files explicitly advertised; no ransom demand stated; no operational disruption claimed. Educational institution data is sensitive but impact is not yet quantified as critical scale.

Nova claims to have exfiltrated data from My English House and is offering samples of stolen data to the company upon contact with their support department.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

student records
employee information
business data
operational files

What the group claims

myenglishhouseacademy.com is the website for My English House, a network of English academies operating across Spain, The business behind the website is a language school chain specializing in teaching English, with over 30 locations across Spain. It was founded by Carlos Barberá and Arturo Mateu. The network operates under a franchise model, offering franchise opportunities to entrepreneurs. The company's approach is based on a proprietary "learning by doing" methodology that was developed in-house. - Nova Provide tree and samples from stolen data to the company when its get in touch with support department.

Sources

Leak posthttp://novadmrkp4vbk2padk5t6pbxolndceuc7hrcq4mjaoyed6nxsqiuzyyd.onion/my-english-house-academy

Source

Indexed 4 days ago

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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 141 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post May 31, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 27, 2026My English House academy listed by novaon the group's public leak site

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