# DragonForce lists Canadian Mennonite University victim

Published: 2026-10-12 · Severity: high · Sectors: education
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/e86956ba-4526-5b10-9e0c-1195daf6121b/dragonforce-lists-canadian-mennonite-university-victim

> Ransomware group DragonForce claims a breach of Canadian Mennonite University, listing it as a victim on its leak site.

Ransomware.live has indexed a listing from the DragonForce ransomware operation naming Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) as a victim. The entry, sourced from the group's leak site, cites statistics including 263 compromised user accounts, 2 third-party employee credentials, and an external attack surface of 12 assets, though no further detail on the intrusion vector, timeline, or data exfiltrated is provided in this record.

The article itself is a tracker-generated victim profile rather than original incident analysis, offering minimal technical detail. Defenders at educational institutions, particularly smaller universities with potentially limited security resources, should treat DragonForce as an active ransomware threat capable of targeting the education sector. Organizations should monitor for credential exposure (including via infostealer infections, as referenced by the sponsor content) and review external-facing attack surface for exposed services that could serve as entry points.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: DragonForce
- Malware: DragonForce

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/Q2FuYWRpYW4gTWVubm9uaXRlIFVuaXZlcnNpdHkgKENNVSlAZHJhZ29uZm9yY2U=

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