This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
vicesociety group against
University of Duisburg-Essen. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and
timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAP
Window Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before
anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered
on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2).
The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
1247days open
t1 · Published
t2 · Pending
Business Category
Education
Published
January 16, 2023
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Attack Summary
With its 12 departments and around 40,000 students, the University of Duisburg-Essen is among the 10 largest German universities. Since 2014, research income has risen by 150 percent. Natural science and engineering are ranked within the top 10 in Germany, and the humanities are within the top 20 to 30. Especially, the physics field is ranked in the top 1 in Germany.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLE
Proof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are
redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.
Dark Web Exposure
Findings for uni-due.de
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
0
found in Infostealer logs
2,941+
found in Traditional breaches
59+
found in Ransomware leaks
Dropbox_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
Cit0day [cit0day.in] breaches.csv
LKnet reserve chat · breach
••• emails
VerificationsIO_BF.7z.011
Kedr | Forum · breach
••• emails
Apollo.io DB 816millions.rar
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
OnlinerSpambot_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
@BreachedData1 LinkedIn 2021-23 Cleaned.7z.001
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
AntiPublic_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
TAPAir_BF_.7z.001
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
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