Disclosure context

About shinyhunters

Based on the limited publicly available information, shinyhunters appears to be a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in October 2025, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, and there is insufficient public documentation to determine whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than sector-specific specialization. The group has reportedly victimized approximately 77 organizations, with primary targeting focused on the United States, France, Japan, Germany, and Australia, showing particular interest in consumer services, technology, financial services, transportation and logistics, and education sectors. Given the group's very recent emergence in late 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by established security research organizations, and no known law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of shinyhunters remains active based on available reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security firms like Mandiant, CrowdStrike, or government agencies have not yet been published due to the group's recent appearance in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 108 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 3, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 30, 2026Follett Software LLC listed by shinyhunterson 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, Follett Software LLC is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Follett Software LLC

Claimed by shinyhunters · listed 20 days ago

20d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 30, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: shinyhunters
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: Apr 30, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Follett Software LLC is a US-based provider of K-12 educational technology solutions, offering software suites for library management, student information systems, facilities management, IT asset management, and school finance operations. Its products — including Destiny Library Manager, Aspen SIS, and IT Asset Manager — serve school districts across the United States. The company operates as a software-as-a-service platform serving district administrators, librarians, technology leaders, and finance teams.

Industry: K-12 Educational Technology Software
Employees: 201-500

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Over 4 million records containing PII have been exfiltrated from a K-12 education technology provider whose systems manage student records, enrollment, and district operations — placing minors' and educators' personal data at significant risk at scale, meeting the threshold for critical severity.

ShinyHunters claims to have exfiltrated over 4 million Salesforce records containing PII and internal corporate data from Follett Software, issuing a final deadline of 4 May 2026 to negotiate before publishing the data and threatening additional unspecified 'digital problems.'

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Salesforce CRM records (4M+)
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Internal corporate data

What the group claims

Over 4M Salesforce records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. This is a final warning to reach out by 4 May 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 1 May 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING

Sources

Victim sitefollettsoftware.com

Source

Indexed 20 days ago

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