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Hong Kong Baptist University

โ— Listed in the last 48h
thegentlemen ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong Education hkbu.edu.hk
Claimed by thegentlemen
Listed on leak site 10 Aug 2026
Reported attack date 09 Aug 2026
Group claims tracked 454
Unverified claim. This entry reproduces a listing published by the thegentlemen group on its own extortion site. Attackers routinely exaggerate or fabricate victims. Nothing here confirms that Hong Kong Baptist University suffered a breach, or what data was actually taken.

About the organisation

hkbu.edu.hk zoominfo.com/c/hong-kong-baptist-university/429650952 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a leading public research university established in 1956 in Hong Kong. It is highly regarded for its academic excellence, particularly in liberal arts, business, communication, and traditional Chinese medicine. As one of the region's eight statutory publicly funded universities, it is dedicated to fostering global citizenship and innovative research.

What the listing means

Hong Kong Baptist University appeared on the thegentlemen leak site on 10 August 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 136 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.

Recommended actions

  • Treat any unsolicited message referencing Hong Kong Baptist University as suspicious โ€” leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
  • If you hold an account on hkbu.edu.hk, 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 โ€” check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.

Leak-site evidence

Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/SG9uZyBLb25nIEJhcHRpc3QgVW5pdmVyc2l0eUB0aGVnZW50bGVtZW4=