bits-pilani.ac.in
About the organisation
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.
What the listing means
bits-pilani.ac.in appeared on the dragonforce leak site on 22 June 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated — the attack itself is dated 20 June 2026, 2 days before the listing. This group has published 39 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing bits-pilani.ac.in as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on bits-pilani.ac.in, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Education organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/Yml0cy1waWxhbmkuYWMuaW5AZHJhZ29uZm9yY2U=
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
