bits-pilani.ac.in

bits-pilani.ac.in was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to dragonforce in June 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in India, 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.

BITS Pilani is a premier Indian private research university and "Institution of Eminence" known for elite engineering and science programs across five campuses. Founded in 1964, it is highly selective with a 1.47% acceptance rate and offers a 0% attendance policy with mandatory industry immersion.

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.