# Studee organization exposed in direwolf ransomware leak

Published: 2026-08-21 · Severity: elevated
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/193a5cf8-b66b-5357-b1e4-bd34376c5c16/studee-organization-exposed-in-direwolf-ransomware-leak

> Direwolf ransomware operators claim exfiltration of data from Studee, affecting 607 compromised users and exposing external attack surface.

Ransomware.live has indexed a claim by direwolf ransomware operators that they have compromised the organization Studee and exfiltrated data. The reported compromise affected 607 compromised user accounts, included one third-party employee credential, and identified eight points on the victim's external attack surface. The listing includes DNS records associated with the victim's domain. This appears as a public claim posted by the ransomware operators themselves on their leak site, consistent with the extortion pattern common to modern ransomware operations where operators threaten or execute publication of exfiltrated data to coerce payment. No specific technical indicators, attack vectors, or exploitation details are provided in the indexed content.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: Dire Wolf
- Malware: Direwolf

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/U3R1ZGVlQGRpcmV3b2xm

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