Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsPontifica Universidad Católica de Chile
Claimed by Knight · listed 3 years ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Oct 31, 2023
- Data leaked
At a glance
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profilePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) is a pontifical Catholic university founded on 21 June 1888 by decree of the Archbishop of Santiago, Chile. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Latin America, located in Santiago, and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, medical, dental, and continuing education programmes across multiple faculties. The university is also active in research, technology transfer, and public engagement.
- Industry
- Higher Education
- Address
- Av Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
- Founded
- 1888
Attack summary
Severity: high — The disclosed status is 'data_published' and the group claims full encryption of all university data. A major university holds large volumes of PII (student records, staff HR data, medical/clinical information from medical faculties), making confirmed encryption of all systems at this scale a high-severity incident, with potential regulated data exposure.The Knight ransomware group claims to have encrypted all data belonging to Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The post indicates data encryption has occurred; no specific exfiltrated dataset or ransom demand is stated.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- All university data (claimed encrypted)
What the group claims
https://www.uc.cl/ (ALL DATA ENCRYPTED)La Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile es una universidad pontificia ubicada en la ciudad de Santiago, Chile, fundada el 21 de junio de 1888, mediante decreto del Arzobispo de Santiago. Su primer rector fue Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas.Una universidad muy antigua, que cuenta con varios hitos gigantes en su historia y que además cuenta con numerosos premios nacionales."2018Papa Francisco IEl Papa Francisco I visita la UC. (La Universidad)"Av Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Sources
Source
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