Was shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk hit by ransomware?

shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk was listed by the INC Ransom ransomware operation (United Kingdom), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the INC Ransom ransomware group?

INC Ransom is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk breach?

INC Ransom published data attributed to shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Shaw Hill Primary School

listed as shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk · Claimed by INC Ransom · listed 5 months ago

$5M

Ransom

demanded

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 27, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: INC Ransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: Jan 27, 2026
Ransom demanded: $5M
Estimated revenue: $5M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Shaw Hill Primary School is a state primary school located in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The school provides education for young children with a focus on academic excellence, personal development, and community engagement. It is led by a headteacher and governing board, with approximately 24 staff members, and has received positive Ofsted inspection feedback.

Industry: Primary Education
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employees: 24

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The victim is a primary school holding data on minors (children under 13), including safeguarding records, SEND information, and family contact details — all of which constitute sensitive regulated data (child PII). Data has been published by the group, confirming exfiltration. Exposure of children's safeguarding and welfare data is a critical-severity event under UK GDPR and Children Act obligations.

INC Ransom claims to have attacked Shaw Hill Primary School and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), with a stated ransom demand of $5 million. The post implies exfiltration of school and potentially pupil/staff data.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Staff records
Student/pupil records
School administrative data
Safeguarding documentation
Financial information
Parent and family contact details
Governor and board records

What the group claims

Shaw Hill Primary School is dedicated to providing a high-quality education in a supportive and nurturing environment. They focus on developing students' knowledge, skills, and personal growth, preparing them to be successful citizens in modern Britain. The school promotes strong relationships with families and the community while prioritizing student safety and well-being. Their comprehensive curriculum incorporates various subjects and extracurricular activities to stimulate and challenge the children Employees: 24 Revenue: $5 Million Industry: Education Phone Number: +44 8000283550

Sources

Victim siteshawhillprimaryschool.org.uk

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About INC Ransom

INC Ransom is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in September 2021 and has since compromised 832 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal Ransomware-as-a-Service model. While detailed attack methodologies for INC Ransom have not been extensively documented by major security firms, their victim distribution indicates they employ broad-spectrum targeting approaches that have successfully penetrated healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing organizations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting English-speaking countries, with the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom representing their primary victim demographics, alongside significant activity in Germany and Australia. Notable campaigns or high-profile attacks by INC Ransom have not been prominently featured in major threat intelligence publications from CISA, FBI, or leading security researchers, suggesting they may operate with a lower public profile despite their substantial victim count. INC Ransom remains active as of current intelligence assessments, with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding efforts. The group has been linked to 853 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post June 6, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 27, 2026shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk listed by INC Ransomon the group's public leak site

Ransom demanded: $5M

Other recent disclosures by INC Ransom

INC Ransom has been linked to 853 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 694 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk is reported in United Kingdom, a country with 902 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by INC Ransom means shawhillprimaryschool.org.uk 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 INC Ransom'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.