salfordcc.ac.uk

salfordcc.ac.uk was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to dragonforce in March 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in United Kingdom, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

dragonforce operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

Salford City College is one of the largest further education providers in Greater Manchester. It was established in 2009 following a merger between several predecessor colleges.

Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2025-5777, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.