Record / ransomware claim · Japan · 2026-10-06

Ransomware claim against an organization in Japan (education)

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Osaka Metropolitan University experienced a suspected ransomware attack that disabled its internal network, email, and administrative and academic systems, forcing cancellation of classes. The university confirmed the outage on Tuesday but no actor has been identified or claimed responsibility.

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Japan · education
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occurred 2026-10-06 · disclosed 2026-10-06 · published 2026-10-06
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A ransomware claim sits in these classes of the AI-security landscape. The companies below work on that class of problem. This is a taxonomy, not a claim that any of them would have changed this incident.

NetworkEndpoint
United States · est. 2025
AI identityEndpoint
Israel · est. 2022 · raised $430M
Endpoint
Israel · est. 2025 · raised $6M
Endpoint
Israel · est. 2024 · raised $7M
AI identity
Israel · est. 2017 · raised $65M

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