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LockBit5 ransomware claims University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City

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LockBit5 ransomware operators claim compromise of Vietnamese university with data exfiltration and credential theft.

LockBit5 ransomware operators have posted a claim of compromise against utb.edu.vn, the University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. According to the posting indexed by Ransomware.live, the operators report access to 9 compromised employee accounts, 207 compromised user accounts, and 120 third-party employee credentials. The breach also exposed approximately 50 items of external attack surface and multiple DNS records associated with the victim's domain. The posting includes a leak screenshot purporting to demonstrate access to the victim's systems. This represents a typical data-extortion ransomware operation where operators encrypt systems and threaten to publish stolen data if ransom demands are not met.

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Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/dXRiLmVkdS52bkBsb2NrYml0NQ==

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