UK Department for Education (education.gov.uk)

UK Department for Education (education.gov.uk) was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to ExfilSquad in July 2026. The organization, operating in an undisclosed sector in Unknown, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

ExfilSquad 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.

COUNTRY : GB REVENUE : NA SIZE : 440 MB UNCOMPRESSED ======================================== DATA SUMMARY: Help Portal (~600K records) – Parent and staff contact records containing full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and job titles. Turing Portal (~7K records) – Contact records containing full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and job titles.