University Of Georgia

University Of Georgia was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to shadowbyt3$ in May 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

shadowbyt3$ 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.

ShadowByt3$ has breached University of Georgia. The full data is on are leak site. We stole approximately 3.2 MB in raw text files. No customers were affected just exployees the following was stolen. - Physical Locations: Home addresses (like the Columbus, GA residential home) and specific office numbers (like Office 2207). - Private Contact Info: Personal cell phone numbers and home phone numbers (e.g., the 404-736-xxxx). - Employee Information: This often includes full names, contact details, and institutional identification photos. - Project Documentation: Information regarding internal university projects, including tracking logs and administrative data for various departments. - Workforce Data: Internal metadata such as position numbers, departmental assignments, and work schedules. - Technical Details: Notes regarding system maintenance and development that could potentially highlight internal processes - Critical Infrastructure: Active project maps for GEMA (Emergency Management), Georgia Broadband, and GDOT (Transportation) through 2026. - Government Records: Access to Asset Forfeiture logs and County-level GIS (Athens-Clarke, Bibb) that underpins 911 dispatch and land taxes. - Leadership Secrets: The UGA Office of the President Mail Tracker and Gov360 anonymous executive coaching logs. - The "SME" Map: we have identified the "Subject Matter Experts" like Noah Abouhamdan, Chad Rupert, and Pat Russell. we know exactly how many hundreds of hours these people have spent on specific pieces of code. - Security Clearances: we know who is a "Benefited" full-time employee (high-value target) versus a "Student Assistant" (low-value entry point).