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Ellucian

listed as Ellucian PowerCampus Warning (Contact Us) · Claimed by ShadowByt3$ · listed 2 months ago

2m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedMay 14, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
ShadowByt3$
Status
Data leaked
Country
United States
Sector
Education
Listed on leak site
May 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Ellucian is a US-based software company that provides SaaS and ERP solutions purpose-built for higher education institutions, including student information systems, HCM, finance, recruiting, and analytics platforms. Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Higher Education SaaS Student Information Systems for two consecutive years, Ellucian serves colleges and universities globally. Its PowerCampus product is a student information system used by numerous higher education institutions.

Industry
Higher Education SaaS & ERP Software
Employees
1001-5000

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The claimed breach affects multiple higher education institutions via a shared SaaS platform, with student PII and institutional records at scale potentially exposed across many schools; proof files have been published to Mega.nz and data is threatened for full public release, indicating confirmed exfiltration of regulated education data (FERPA-covered) across a supply-chain-style attack vector.

The threat actor 'shadowbyt3$' claims to have exfiltrated data from multiple schools using Ellucian's PowerCampus platform, providing a Mega.nz link with sample proof files including reports dated 2025 and 2026, and threatening to publicly release all data unless Ellucian contacts them by May 20th. The post also references a Telegra.ph page listing all affected schools and instructions for accessing data via Tor.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Student records from affected institutions
  • Institutional reports (2025 and 2026 samples)
  • Data from multiple schools using Ellucian PowerCampus
  • Tor-accessible full dataset

The group's post references roughly 2 proof files.

What the group claims

This is a warning for ellucian PowerCampus. Due to not people paying much for are breach we will give you 48 hours to contact us. If you don't it will get published instead of sold. To all researchers to verify the data is real you can go to the mega.nz leak below. Also we put 2 reports from 2025 and 2026 for a sample. Due to company not contacting us it would be great if you could let them know so there aware. You have till May 20th to contact us and reach an agreement or all data gets leaked and posted. mega.nz: https://mega.nz/folder/f8B2QKAI#WC6QVl2VmhgP_PWR6DsUUw also the link below is for all affected schools and how to access tor and download tor for companies. https://telegra.ph/All-The-affected-Schools-By-Ellucian-PowerCampus-and-how-to-download-and-use-tor-browser-05-14

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About ShadowByt3$

ShadowByt3$ is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in February 2026, appearing to be financially motivated based on its ransomware operations. The group's country of origin and any potential affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations remain unknown due to limited intelligence available on this newly identified threat actor. Given the minimal public documentation available, the group's attack methodology, tools, and operational tactics have not been sufficiently analyzed or reported by major cybersecurity firms or government agencies. No notable campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant ransoms have been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, with only one known victim reported to date and no specific sector targeting patterns identified. The current operational status of ShadowByt3$ remains unclear due to the limited intelligence available on this recently emerged and relatively unknown ransomware operation. The group has been linked to 13 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 25, 2026; most recent post June 16, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • May 14, 2026Ellucian PowerCampus Warning (Contact Us) listed by ShadowByt3$on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by ShadowByt3$

ShadowByt3$ has been linked to 13 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full ShadowByt3$ dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 1,082 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ellucian PowerCampus Warning (Contact Us) is reported in United States, a country with 3,115 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by ShadowByt3$ means Ellucian PowerCampus Warning (Contact Us) 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.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on ShadowByt3$'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.