In the latest cybersecurity news, Universite de Pau et du Pays de lAdour — a company operating in the FR — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group nova. This data breach, discovered on 2025-09-29 20:20:04.942824, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2025.
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Incident Report
| Attribute | Information |
|---|---|
| Target Organization | Universite de Pau et du Pays de lAdour |
| Threat Group | nova |
| Summary | The Université de Pau et du Pays de l’Adour was founded in 1972. It is a multi-site establishment, based in Pau, Bayonne, Tarbes, and Mont-de-Marsan and is part of the Academy of Bordeaux – we stole 80GB of data include Docs , reports , billing PDFs , Plans , Factory and payments Documents , Workers full infos , Complete student and Teachers data (Private IDs) , resources and lot more , we will provide decryptor + report + return and delete Data , follow readme to process |
| Date of Breach | 2025-09-29 20:19:17.536779 |
| Discovery Date | 2025-09-29 20:20:04.942824 |
| Region | FR |
| Target Domain | None |
| Business Sector | Education |
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