The shadowbyt3$ ransomware group listed Knottingham Trent University on its data leak site on 2026-08-25. Country: GB Sector: Education Domains named: ntu.ac.uk, webapps.ntu.ac.uk, amita.shukla, leveragemails.com, transcript.pdf Claim as published on the leak site: We breached Knottingham trent University on August 19th 2026 by gaining access through webapps.ntu.ac.uk. We alerted the university which they know they have been breached they locked out are access after stealing the following below High-Risk Sensitive PII - Passport Numbers & Details: Stolen via the raw PDF copies of the applicants' physical passports - Dates of Birth: Specifically exposed on the main data profile screen - Nationalities & Countries of Birth: Confirmed via the legal passport logs and the registration metadata fields. Contact & Location PII - Full Legal Names: Animesh Shukla and Abhinand Unnikrishnan - Personal Email Addresses: Exposed via the portal login view (`[email protected]`). - Mobile Phone Numbers: Explicitly collected on the dashboard contact view (`7080809422`). - Permanent & Correspondence Home Addresses: Complete street-level addresses mapping out exact house numbers, apartment complexes, districts, and postal ZIP codes spanning across Lucknow (226001) and Delhi (110024). Academic & Professional History PII - While non-sensitive on its own, hackers use this deeply personal context to write highly convincing scam letters - Complete Academic History: Stolen via the raw transcript files (`Degree Transcript.pdf` `10TH`, and `12TH` grade completion papers), showing exact grade percentages, modules studied, and prior school names. - Employment & Professional History: Stolen directly out of the `CV.pdf` file, mapping out thei